La Tour de Garnavie

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

The Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem occupied this area around the 12th century.

The Knights of St. John often went to the village of Gavarnie.

They had formerly annexed to the Tower some buildings intended to accommodate the poor, the sick or the pilgrims going to Compostelle.