Labruguière

Three landscape entities are present on the commune of Labruguière: the Black Mountain, the causse of Caucalières-Labruguière and the plain of Castrate.

• The Black Mountain

Located on the southern half of the commune, the forest of Montaud rises with 1.031 meters at the end Noir, and is characterized by landscapes of oceanic environment. This mountainous solid mass is presented in an abrupt way, constituting for the commune a background of greenery.

• The Causse

In north east of the commune, the causse of Caucalières-Labruguière constitutes a singular space. The many natural wealths of causse led to its classification within the European network of remarkable natural spaces “Natura 2000”.

The cliffs limestones which dominate Thoré delimit causse clearly. The white and bright color of limestone indicates a Mediterranean environment very contrasting strongly with the landscapes of Labruguière bird the Black Mountain.

The diversity of the mediums and the landscapes of the commune of Labruguière results in the presence of a varied fauna and a flora. The League for the Protection of the Birds takes care of the conservation of the natural character of this site.

• The Plain

Over the remainder of the territory dominates the plain of Castrate which constitutes a geographical crossroads between the valley of Thoré, Lauragais and Castrated it and offers today a landscape in deep change, related to the development of the urbanization.

To discover the inheritance of the borough amounts considering the origins of Labruguière (Brugueria: planted ground of heather). Labruguière is a round, medieval, typical village of south-west. The historical Course will lead you to discover the Market of XIIIrd century, the Cardaillac Castle of the XVIIth century, the Church and its bell-tower.

It is necessary to await the beginning of XIInd century so that the name of the lord of Labruguière is quoted in the texts. The community of the inhabitants of Labruguière appears in 1266, at the time of the édiction of the charter of habits granted by their lord, Pierre de Lautrec. They then obtain the market, the furnace and the mill.

A spontaneous agglomerated habitat below built the church and of the castle on the layout of a crown. The small islands are established regularly starting from the North-South major axis materialized by Main street, the current street Jean Jaurès, Labruguière Vue Place of Europe and Carries of Barryqui leads to the strengthened door of Barry, evolution of barri whose significance is suburb. The two other strengthened doors are installed in north, in the North-East for the door of Thoré, in the North-West, for the door of Carausse.

The Saint-Thyrs church and his bell-tower Rare fact, the stone of foundation of the bell-tower delivers to us the name of the project superintendent Me Deta Delaura which built the bell-tower between 1314 and 1322.

The construction campaign started at the beginning of XIVth century. There remains only the Notre-Dame vault today, arched warheads, which is not other than the ground floor of the bell-tower, and the site of the staircase placed in a wall duplicated between the Notre-Dame vault and the chorus.

The high parts of the nave, the chorus and the most important behalf of the side chapels are the work of the building site of the beginning of the XVIIth century, of the new lords of Labruguière, Cardaillac. However, the framework of the broad single nave of XIVe century was preserved over all its width, two side chapels of the end of the Middle Ages, XVth and XVIth centuries marks out the influence in north of it. The Gothic church fitted in the current of the time which aimed at establishing churches on a widespread model: a very broad single nave which came to gradually increase by the side chapels in north and the south.

The indices make it possible to find the site of the medieval castle are mean. On a plan of 1750, a building of which a part corresponds to the current town hall, is mentioned “old castle”. A door in gothic arch of the medieval time materializes its access since the church and gives on an arched passage of edges.

The castle of the XVIIth century, built according to the tradition by Louis de Cardaillac in 1641, is set up at the end of the elevated plate. A turret of angle in corbelling occupies the angle of the body of principal building, the corbels which support it give place to a carved decoration of accompaniment. Louis de Cardaillac was the most notable lord of the line of Cardaillac. Currently a new table Alter Ego satisfied waitings of the meals of businesses and with the tourist development of our area, within a patrimonial framework of quality.

The timber frame houses have a built ground floor, the stages with the structure of wood can be in corbelling.

When they are it, a head of stone wall of sandstone size forms the framework of it. The corbelling of the heads of wall can be neat with layouts of quarter round or moulding planes superimposed. The timber structure is composed of various ways according to the periods. For oldest, being able to be estimated from XVth century to the XVIIth century, the discharges in cross of low-size, average or large Saint-Andrew, allow to brace the unit. At the XVIIIth century, the right posts and the discharges in scarf and tournisse spread. The filling, in a general way, made up of sat brick for all the periods.

Labruguière knew to keep its authenticity, privileging the conviviality and quality of life. Around the traditional festivals is organized an intense cultural life. With more than seventy associations, the diary of the manifestations of the commune is rich.

Around a table, with the liking of a dawdling on the market or of one strolls… Labruguière offers to its host his major identity which draws its force in the roots of its soil.

At the time of a family walk, you will be able to gather boletus on the soft slopes of the Black Mountain of the end of the summer at the beginning of the autumn. Very snuffed for its smoothness and its taste of hazel nut, the boletus is tasted jumped with the frying pan in an olive oil drop.

Lengthily mijotés products of quality, dishes, simple and true savours: it is perhaps with table by tasting a frésinat, dish containing spine of pig, potatoes and garlic, accompanied by glass of Gaillac which you will make really knowledge with the kitchen tarnaise which falls under the tradition of South-west.