Église Saint-Rémy

English translation

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History

Church rebuilt from 1394 by the masons Pons de Pierrefite and Guillaume Nicolay. The late 14th century plan is characteristic of southern Gothic: single wide nave, buttressed by counterforts between which eight chapels are installed (in 1407 and in 1525). During the Wars of Religion, the canons of Saint-Rémy share their church with those of Burlats, Lautrec being the only town in the Castres region to remain Catholic and royal. The choir and the two first bays of the nave are made available to the canons of Burlats. Following this installation, definitive in 1642, numerous embellishment works are undertaken, notably at the level of the choir which is extended by a sanctuary with a flat chevet which is adorned with rich decoration. The entire building is covered with painted decoration which is attributed to the painter Pauthe, painter of Castres of the 19th century. Older decoration, from the 17th or 18th century, may have existed, as suggested by traces of scrollwork paintings, visible under the 19th century painting. This decoration was inspired, for the vault, by the 16th century paintings of the cathedral of Albi. It also consists of figures in trompe l'oeil at the organ case, large biblical figures in grisaille on the side walls of the first bay of the choir. To the left of the building rises the unfinished 15th century bell tower, rebuilt in 1887 and bearing a spire of 1952.