\b0 Unquestionably the most moving of the halting places on the way to Santiago de Compo
stela, the church of Sainte-Foy stands amidst the greenery of the gorges of the Ouche, with its octagonal steeple above the crossing of the transept and its two symmetrical towers framing the entrance porch. The nave is in a pure Romanesque style and is
illuminated by stained-glass windows by the contemporary painter Soulages, perfectly adapted to their setting. The faithful have been coming here for centuries to venerate the relics of a young martyred woman that a monk from Conques spirited away from a
monastery in Agen, thereby ensuring the fortune of his own monastery. Evidence for this prosperity is provided by the masterpieces of the goldsmith's art in the abbey's \i Treasury\i0 .\par
