Montesquieu-volvestre

Things to see in Montesquieu-Volvestre :

• Saint-Victor church
• The banks of the Arize
• The covered market
• The Mill of Barrau
• The castle of Palays
• Le Castéra : a 336 m high hill

This market is dating from the 13th century as well as the Bastide. Today, the covered market hosts the weekly local market every Tuesday morning. The farming market taking place every Saturday morning is famous for the quality of its local produce.

Saint-Victor church was built almost at the same time as the Bastide, in May 1246 by the Count of Toulouse : Raymond VII. 

At the entrance of the village of Montesquieu-Volvestre, on river Arize, the grinding wheel of the mill of Barrau built in 1450 stopped turning only twice, in 1510 because of the religion war and in 1875 because of a massive flood.