Tourism Castres-Gironde

Museums and monuments to visit

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  Château de Mongenan
  Mongenan Castle, located in the town of Portets in the French department of Gironde, is a castle of the eighteenth century, included as a historic monument in 2003 and labeled remarkable garden. The ...
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  Château de Cadillac
  The Castle of Cadillac is located at 35 km from the city of Bordeaux, it overlooks the Garonne river and the walled town of Cadillac. The monument was built at the request of Jean-Louis de Nogaret de ...
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  Abbaye de la Sauve-Majeure
  The Abbaye de la Sauve Majeure was built in 1079 by St. Gerard and the Duke of Aquitaine, on the very site where there was a large forest that was cleared for the construction of the monument. It is ...
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  Le Musée d'Aquitaine
  The Musée d'Aquitaine in Bordeaux brings together objects and documents related to the history of Bordeaux and Aquitaine, from prehistory to the contemporary period. It brings together ...
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  Musée des Beaux-Arts
  The Musée des Beaux-Arts or Fine Art museum, was founded in 1801 by Bonaparte to house a large collection of work of art coming from the collections of the former King and war loot. Today, the ...
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  Tour Pey-Berland
  The Cathedral Saint André is one of the most beautiful religious buildings owned by the city. It was inaugurated in the 11th century and was consecrated by Pope Urbain II, this Gothic church ...
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  Église Notre-Dame
  After several revolts of Bordeaux, the last one was in 1675, Louis XIV decided to expand the fortress "Castle Trumpet" and to do it he shaved the convent in 1678 that the Dominicans had ...
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  Centre d'arts plastiques contemporains
  The « Centre d’arts plastiques contemporains » is a modern and contemporary art museum located in a former warehouse dating from the 19th century. The museum was established in this ...
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  Le CAPC
  The CAPC "musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux", formerly the "Centre d'arts plastiques contemporains (CAPC) de Bordeaux", is the museum of contemporary art in ...
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  Muséum d'histoire naturelle
  The musée d’histoire naturelle is one of the first public museum founded just after the French Revolution. The collections are from rich and private natural history exhibition rooms. The ...