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The chapel Saint-Roch de Floirac, located in the Barry district, is a 15th century Gothic building, probably built after an epidemic of plague, perhaps the one that occurred between 1501 and 1530. It is dedicated to Saint Roch, protector against this disease. The first written mention of the chapel dates back to 1730, when the bishop of Cahors ordered a liturgical inventory of the place.

Between 1750 and 1757, the chapel served as a place of parish worship during the reconstruction of Saint George's Church. Profane and defamed during the French Revolution, it was restored to worship in 1813. Its cover was restored in 1997, and the building has been listed as historic monuments since December 10, 1925.

Architecturally, the chapel consists of two square spans: the first, serving as a nave, is vaulted on a cross of four-branched warheads, while the second, forming the choir, presents cross-sections of warheads adorned with liernes and thirdrons. This small rectangular building illustrates the late Gothic style of the region.

The chapel is now owned by the municipality of Floirac and remains a testimony to the religious and architectural history of the Lot. Its inscription in historical monuments highlights its heritage importance in the Occitanie region.

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