Abbeys and Basilicas in the Midi-Pyrénées

Paths of Compostela - At the edge of the tracks
46500 Rocamadour

The Religious City of Rocamadour is a medieval Marian shrine built on the cliffside in the Lot in Occitanie. This emblematic site, dating from the 12th century and restored in the 19th century, houses churches, chapels and a monumental staircase, attracting pilgrims and visitors for centuries.

Basilica
65100 Lourdes

Our Lady of Lourdes, the major Marian sanctuary of the High Pyrénées, was born from the apparitions of the Virgin Mary to Bernadette Soubirous in 1858. This world pilgrimage site, located in Occitanie, has attracted millions of faithful since the 19th century.

Classic style church
31000 Toulouse

The Notre-Dame-de-la-Dauride Basilica, a neo-classical building dating back to the 18th and 18th centuries in Toulouse, dominates the Garonne docks. Former Benedictine priory, it houses a black virgin and missing Paleo-Christian mosaics.

Paths of Compostela - At the edge of the tracks
31510 Valcabrère

The Basilica of Saint-Just de Valcabrère, a Romanesque building of the 11th-XIIth centuries, stands in Occitanie near Saint-Gaudens. Classified at UNESCO, it combines ancient and medieval art in a major historical site.

Romanesque Church
65400 Saint-Savin

The Abbatial Notre-Dame-de-l'Assumption de Saint-Savin, a Romanesque jewel of the 11th-XIIth centuries in Occitanie, dominates Lavedan with its frescoes and octagonal bell tower, a witness to the bigordan monastic history.

12450 Calmont

The Basilica Notre-Dame de Ceignac, located in Calmont, Aveyron, is a Marian shrine from the twelfth to the twentieth century, famous for its pilgrimages and architecture combining Romanesque and Gothic styles.

32320 Bassoues

The Basilica of St.Fris, built in the 11th century in Bassoues, Occitanie, is a medieval pilgrimage site marked by an crypt containing the sarcophagus of St.Fris and Renaissance portals added in the 16th century.

46500 Rocamadour

The ancient Abbatial Palace of Rocamadour, transformed into a sacred art museum, is a medieval building partially rebuilt in the 19th century, located in the Lot in Occitanie.