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Tourism Verfeil
It would be very difficult to pinpoint from which pre-Christian times the valley was inhabited Girou dotted with villages and primitive.We only know that, five centuries before our era, the region was populated by Celts from the north. Was found in a promontory terminating in a small hill with steep sides, east of Verfeil around the fountain and baptized at the base of the hill to-Trumade, fragments of pottery and bones that show the existence of a Celtic population in this place. It also sheds light on the origin of the name: fount batisado or batejado, well before all the legendary events that pretend to explain.The fountain is called it not simply the sacred spring where the Gauls sacrificed to the cult poetically graceful living waters.
Sights
- Church Saint-Blaise
- Castle
Museums and monuments to visit
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Château de BonreposBonrepos Castle is located in France on the town of Bonrepos-Riquet, in the Haute-Garonne department and in the Midi-Pyrenees region. It was built by Pierre-Paul Riquet. Attracted by the site, ...
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Musée des AugustinsThe Musée des Augustins (or Musée des Beaux-arts) is located in the old town of Toulouse in a remarkable monastery of the XIVth century. Created in 1793 during the French Revolution, the ...
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Capitole de ToulouseThe Capitol houses the city hall of Toulouse and the Capitol Theatre. Built from 1190, the building has undergone many alterations, reconstruction and adds. The remains left of the sixteenth century ...
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Basilique Saint-SerninBuilt in pink bricks and white stones, in the eleventh century, Saint-Sernin's Basilica is a masterpiece of the Romanesque art. The monument was created in order to preserve the relic of ...
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Musée du Vieux-ToulouseInstalled in a seventeenth century hotel, built by Antoine Dumay, doctor of Marguerite de Valois, the monument is housing the artistic and historic of Toulouse, patiently gathered early in the ...
A tour to discover the Haute-Garonne
- Thème : Sites and museums
- Départ : Bonrepos-riquet
- Durée : 6 jours
Haute-Garonne has beautiful scenery. You will discover during this six-day stay. You will make a safari or climb into the sky, almost.
Welcome to Lavaur (Tarn)
- Thème : Sites and museums
- Départ : Lavaur
- Durée : 7 jours
Lavaur is held on left bank of Agout. It is located at the east-north-east of Toulouse, in the south of Gaillac and the west of Castrate. Its inhabitants are Vauréens and Vauréennes.
Tourist circuit in the heart of Toulouse
- Thème : Sites and museums
- Départ : Toulouse
- Durée : 4 jours
Discover through this tour the beauty of the pink city.
Toulouse and surroundings
- Thème : Sites and museums
- Départ : Toulouse
- Durée : 6 jours
Visit Toulouse and its surroundings.