Take advantage of these special days to discover the church of Saint-Etienne de Fontarede, a Clunisian church of the 12th century!

The church of Saint-Etienne is located 3 km southwest of the village, away from the traffic axes. It would have been built on the site of a Roman temple, itself implanted near a source. Mosaics and a Merovingian sarcophagus have been updated.
It bears the imprint of the great Clunisian school. The founder would be Hunaud de Gavarret whose family possessed the viscount of Bruhlois in the 11th century. Hunaud became abbot of Moissac in 1072. He donated his fortune to the order of Cluny and retired to the priory of Layrac. He had Saint-Pierre de Cazaux built at Laplume and Saint-Etienne de Fontarède at Moncaut.
In 1658, the parish of Fontarède was united with Moncaut and became an annex. It only covered its title of cure for about forty years during the Revolution before becoming an annex under the Concordat.
The church was rebuilt in the 14th and 16th centuries.