Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Loubeyrat, Church in Loubeyrat, France.

The Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Loubeyrat is a neo-Gothic church of dark grey rectangular stone blocks, built from 1869 on plans drawn by the parish priest, abbé Gouilloux. A tall central tower carries two clock faces, louvered openings and a rose window, and ends in a pointed spire with a cross; smaller pinnacles flank it. Villagers chose the style and assembled locally sourced materials.

Construction began in 1869 under the direction of parish priest Claude-Augustin Gouilloux, who drew the plans himself, and was completed between 1875 and 1876. The villagers chose the neo-Gothic style and assembled locally sourced materials. The church was listed as a monument historique on 7 November 2000.

The carved wooden panels and altar area inside show how regional craftspeople worked during that period. These handcrafted pieces give a sense of the skills that existed in the area.

The church stands in the middle of the village, about a hundred metres south of the older, disused church, next to the convent of the Petites Sœurs infirmières des campagnes. The exterior can be seen at any time; the interior is best visited during the September Heritage Days.

The church owes its nickname, "Cathedral of the Mountains", to the neo-Gothic design chosen by the villagers themselves, who supervised the work at the wish of abbé Gouilloux. The Auvergne historian Ambroise Tardieu noted "a very large modern church, though in a village".