ÉGLISE DE SAINT-LAURENT DE MURET

In 1424, Pope Martin V donated the church of Saint-Laurent de Muret to the collegiate church of Marvejols, to increase the canons' income. After falling into disrepair, it was replaced by the present church in 1876. The church has a Latin cross plan, with a single nave of two bays, ending in a polygonal apse. The two side chapels forming the transept, like the rest of the building, are cross-vaulted with projecting ribs. The church also boasts a fine collection of neo-Gothic furnishings, including altars and an altarpiece composed of a series of four-lobed bays on two levels. The steeple's slender façade ends in a spire, typical of neo-Gothic architecture in Lozère. The 18th-century gilded wooden statue of the Virgin Mary is listed as a Monument Historique.