Montgeard is famous for its church, built during the Renaissance between 1522 and 1561, during the "golden age" of woad trade. Montgeard church is an exemple of Southern French Gothic in a rural sanctuary, with the use of bricks, the single-naved plan, high and narrow openings and a general austere appearance. But this rural church is also very singular because of the high quality of its decoration, the presence of foreign works of art and its daring unfinished bell-tower. Since the creation of its painted ceiling in the mid-19th Century following the exemple of Albi Cathedral, Montgeard church is nicknamed "Petit Albi".[3]
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