Illustration - Aerial View of France

FRANCE - AVEYRON - 12 - CONQUES : VIEW OF THE VILLAGE CENTER FROM THE SOUTHWEST. BOTTOM LEFT, THE STREET GONZAGUE FLORENS. ON THE RIGHT, THE ABBATIAL CHURCH OF SAINTE FOY AND THE REMAINS OF THE ABBEY. IN THIS SITE OF RARE BEAUTY, WHERE WILDERNESS HAS KEPT ITS PURITY, CONQUES CLINGS TO THE STEEP GORGES OF THE OUCHE RIVER. THE WINDING STREETS AND BEAUTIFUL OLD HOUSES ARE THE SETTING FOR A MAGNIFICENT ROMAN CHURCH (AND ITS PRODIGIOUS TREASURES), VESTIGE OF AN ABBEY THAT LONG HOUSED THE PILGRIMS TO ST. JACQUES DE COMPOSTELA. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM