Discover montauban

Built during the 13th century thanks to the sumptuary taxation taken of the middle-class rich person, it carries the marks d'une tumultuous history montalbanaise.

What to see, the old bridge : In 1304, Philippe Le Bel made it built. Le Musée du terroir : Small museum of art and popular tradition.

Its origin goes up with the creation of the city in 1144. An innovative plan of construction is adopted. The streets are cut to right angle, leaving an empty small island: c'est the Place! EIle already constitutes with the Middle Ages the center of the urban life.

It was suposed to celebrate the triumph of the catholic religion in this Protestant city, after the Revocation of l'Edit of Nantes.

Le musée Ingres:

Episcopal palace of the 17th century, it shelters the famous collections of 2 personns of Montauban, painter D. Ingres and sculptor A. Bourdelle. Superb room of the 14th century : Gallo-Roman archaeology earthenware. Contemporary Works Collection : O Debré, Zao Wou-Ki... 5 levels of visit, and the centuries d'art to be discovered.

The museum has an important zoological collection, where birds are in a majority. The collection of regional paleontology is characterized by an important series of Phosphorites fossils from Quercy. Lastly, a small collection of Mineralogy has a fragment of the wonderful meteorite d'Orgueil.

This museum recalls our tragic history during the 2nd world war. this visit is freeof charge.