Monuments in Midi-Pyrénées

The Basilica of our Lady of the Rosary (French: Notre Dame du Rosaire de Lourdes) is a Roman Catholic church ...

LOURDES (65)

The Beaulieu Abbey is a Cistercian abbey founded in 1144. The renovations carried out since 1960 have ...

GINALS (82)

At the heart of the Lot, between Figeac and Rocamadour, the castle is located at Assier. It was built between ...

ASSIER (46)

At 38 km from Rocamadour there is the castle of Castelnau-Bretenoux, this imposing building is erected on a ...

PRUDHOMAT (46)

Castle of Gramont is between Agen and Auch, beautiful house of the Renaissance, at the foot hills of Gascogne. ...

GRAMONT (82)

The Castle of Montal regained all his works in the early twentieth century with the help of Maurice Fenaille. ...

SAINT-JEAN-LESPINASSE (46)

The Gallo-Roman Villa of Montmaurin was discovered during excavations in 1946 by Georges Fouet. It was built ...

MONTMAURIN (31)

The Castle of Montréal-de-Sos is dating from XIII century and there are style some remains of the enclosure ...

AUZAT (09)

The castle of Foix is an outstanding and imposing fortress. It was built in the eleventh century and was ...

FOIX (09)

This shelter appears to have natural, over the ages, played an asylum and mainly during periods of turbulent ...

LE MAS-D'AZIL (09)

The Abbey Sainte-Foy de Conques is an abbey founded by Father Dadon under the protection of Charlemagne ...

CONQUES (12)

The tenth to the thirteenthn century, the castle will be the common possession of the Counts and the Bishop of ...

COUPIAC (12)

Bonrepos Castle is located in France on the town of Bonrepos-Riquet, in the Haute-Garonne department and in ...

BONREPOS-RIQUET (31)

Laréole Castle is a Renaissance castle dating from the sixteenth century in the canton of Cadours, ...

LAREOLE (31)

Avezan Castle, built in the thirteenth century, in the commune of Avezan (Gers), near Saint-Clar. The ...

AVEZAN (32)

The church of Saint Mamet is a former Cluniac priory located in the town of Grande Peyrusse in the Gers in ...

PEYRUSSE-GRANDE (32)

The castle of Sainte-Mere is a castle-type "Gascon," built in the second half of the thirteenth ...

SAINTE-MERE (32)

Castle of Grézette is a castle located in the town of Caillac. The Castle Lagrézette was built ...

CAILLAC (46)

The Church of Notre-Dame du Puy is a church located in the town of Figeac in the Lot and in the Midi-Pyrenees. ...

FIGEAC (46)

Its origin dates back to Roman times, then he was besieged in 778 by Charlemagne and became the residence of ...

LOURDES (65)

Tramezaygues Castle is a castle town since the twelfth century (restored in 1990), built on a rocky site at ...

TRAMEZAIGUES (65)

Palace Berbie, come from the name Bisbia which means bishop, is the imposing fortress that has experienced ...

ALBI (81)

Legend said that is the Merovingian queen Brunehilde, who built the first castle in the sixth century. ...

BRUNIQUEL (82)

Remains of the illustrious family d'Estaing gave the history of Rouergue in France and that many people, ...

ESTAING (12)

The Millau Viaduct is certainly the bridge of every records. He is the tallest bridge in the world with a ...

MILLAU (12)

Built around 860, the Abbatiale Saint-Volusien was a privileged place for political and religious life of ...

FOIX (09)

It was intended from the 1144 charter of the foundation of the city to build a strong bridge that could ...

MONTAUBAN (82)

Sainte-Cécile cathedral is the biggest red brick church in the world and is an example of Southern ...

ALBI (81)

Built in pink bricks and white stones, in the eleventh century, Saint-Sernin's Basilica is a masterpiece ...

TOULOUSE (31)

The Capitol houses the city hall of Toulouse and the Capitol Theatre. Built from 1190, the building has ...

TOULOUSE (31)

Beautiful medieval fortress, the castle of the Bousquet is located 5 km from Laguiole. Built in the fourteenth ...

LAGUIOLE (12)

The Bridge of Spain is a beautiful building located not far from Cauterets to a height of 1500 meters. ...

CAUTERETS (65)

The Lombrives cave located in the department of Ariege is the largest cave in France. This site is listed in ...

USSAT (09)

Located in the village of Niaux, the Niaux cave is unique and well known in Europe. This is one of the few ...

NIAUX (09)

Located away from the city, the basilica offers a magical setting. The portal provides access to the church is ...

VALCABRERE (31)

Najac Castle was built in 1253 on the foundations of an ancient castle, builded in 1100. It is a castle made ...

NAJAC (12)

Nestled on a basaltic dyke at 535 meters, the castle Calmont d'Olt lies Espalion. This historical ...

ESPALION (12)

The Castle Vézins-de-Lévézou built in the twelfth century. These are the families and ...

VEZINS-DE-LEVEZOU (12)

The castle of Castelnau-Pegayrolle, one of the oldest fortesses of Rouergue overlooks the majestic Parc ...

CASTELNAU-PEGAYROLS (12)

Forgotten, abandoned the castle of Gardères saw a renaissance, thanks to the help of his friends and ...

GARDERES (65)

The birthplace of Marshal Foch, located in the heart of Tarbes is the house where grew during the first 12 ...

TARBES (65)

The castle is mentioned for the first time in a text in 1083. These are the Counts of Bigorre which ...

MAUVEZIN (65)

On August 8th, 1948, three cavers in the area discovered the caves Médous after trying to find the ...

ASTE (65)

Bishop of Tarbes gave to Bernadette Soubirous' father. The latter lived in this house from 1858 to 1860. ...

LOURDES (65)

The dungeon is located in the rue des Petits Fosses, the bottom of a former prison Lourdes. It is in this room ...

LOURDES (65)

The first stone bridge was laid in 1308. Completed in 1378, this 138 meters long bridge is in its infancy as a ...

CAHORS (46)

Built between the XI and XII centuries, the Saint-Etienne Cathedral Cahors was rebuilt in the thirteenth and ...

CAHORS (46)

The Abbey was founded around the year 800 by the Benedictines on the banks of the Arros . It will promote the ...

RABASTENS-DE-BIGORRE (65)

In 1791, there was only one Justice of the Peace for the whole canton of Lourdes. Previously, in 1790, the ...

LOURDES (65)

After the Apparitions of 1858, the parish priest Peyramale decided to build a new parish church, larger than ...

LOURDES (65)

Remains of the fortifications protecting Lourdes in the Middle Ages: the Garnavie Tower and the Fortified ...

LOURDES (65)