Montpellier - Saint-Roch

Montpellier has a special relationship to Saint Roch, as he was born here in 1348. St. Roch is a very popular Saint, mostly his is pictured as a pilgrim, with a wound on his tigh - and a dog, holding a bread, at his side. He is Patron Saint of invalids, surgeons, gravediggers, apothecaries - and pilgrims, just to name a few.

The neogothic church St. Roch was built in the 19th century, but the plans had to be cut, as money was running out. The construction never came to the planned end. The facade is finished, just the two towers never grew upwards.