Saint Salvi Collegiate Church

Saint Salvi Collegiate Church was the first episcopal seat for Albi between the period of 474 and 584.

The architecture of the church is both Romanesque and Gothic. Saint Salvi is one of the largest Romanesque churches in the Albi area.

We are luck at what remains as the church was turned into a fodder store during the French Revolution. It was only converted back into a church at the beginning of the 19th century.

The cloister was built in 1270. It has been damages during the French Revolution. Galleries were sold off as national property so that the south gallery is the only one remaining today.

The carved capitals exemplify the Romanesque and Gothic styles.