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The church Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Cabanac, located in Mauroux in the Lot, was mentioned in the Will of Archdeacon Engilbert in the 10th century. Originally owned by the bishop of Cahors, it passed around 1254 to the cathedral chapter by exchange with the church Saint-Martin de Caïx. Its apse, dated from the end of the 11th or the beginning of the 12th century, is built in squared and covered with lauze, with a Romanesque window with loose lintel.

In the 13th or 14th century, a bell tower was erected above the pre-chœur span, incorporating the remains of an ancient bell tower. A medieval house, now partially visible, is attached to the west. The lateral chapels, added at the end of the 15th or early 16th century, formed a transept and enlarged the nave. These transformations include a gate and a stair tower, while the vaults (crossed by warheads and ridges) are only realized in the seventeenth century.

The church retains remarkable elements such as a medieval fire and a Romanesque altar table re-used in the cemetery. The bell, dated 1782, bears the names of its sponsors: Jean-Baptiste Joseph Marc Duroc de Mauroux, Baron d'Orgueil, and his wife Catherine Rose Espic de Liru. Ranked Historic Monument in 1989, it illustrates the religious architectural evolution of Quercy, from Romanesque origins to Gothic and classical additions.

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