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Historical note
Les Albres
In 902 Ricarde, wife of Hector (Icher), who held the church of Notre-Dame des Albres in allodial tenure (alleu), gave it to the abbey of Conques. This church disappeared in name and in fact. In the Middle Ages the priory of Saint-Denis-de-Altis-Arboribus (les Hauts-Albres) depended on the provost of Montsalvy, in Haute-Auvergne. The old popular name was Alsalbrés.
In 902 Ricarde, wife of Hector (Icher), who held the church of Notre-Dame des Albres in allodial tenure (alleu), gave it to the abbey of Conques. This church disappeared in name and in fact. In the Middle Ages the priory of Saint-Denis-de-Altis-Arboribus (les Hauts-Albres) depended on the provost of Montsalvy, in Haute-Auvergne. The old popular name was Alsalbrés.
The church of Les Albres has a pentagonal Romanesque chancel. The rest i
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--- Jean Delmas ---
Former director of the departmental archives of Aveyron
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