Selection of the most beautiful monuments in Aquitaine

Taurine arenas
40090 Bascons

The Jean de Lahourtique arenas, built in the Landes in the 20th century in Bascons, are an emblematic monument dedicated to the Landes race, combining wood and concrete in a typical stand-arene architecture.

House
40310 Escalans

The castle of Caumale, a medieval building of the 12th and 19th centuries in Escalans (Landais), combines defensive towers and transformations into a wine-growing castle. Ranked a Historical Monument in 2002, it embodies the gasconic history between wars and colonial pleasure.

Renaissance style castle
40390 Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx

The castle of Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx, built between the late 16th and 19th centuries, is a historic monument located in the Landes, in New Aquitaine. This L-shaped castle, marked by major transformations in the 17th and 19th centuries, combines classical architecture and restored defensive elements.

Crypt
40100 Dax

The archaeological crypt of Dax, located in the Landes in New Aquitaine, houses the remains of a Gallo-Roman civil basilica, a central place of ancient public life, discovered in 1978 under the central ilot of the city.

Romanesque Church
40700 Hagetmau

The crypt of Saint-Girons, a 12th-century Romanesque jewel in Hagetmau (New Aquitaine), is the last vestige of the abbey, listed as a historical monument in 1862. It housed the relics of the eponymous saint, a medieval step on the way to Compostela.

Donjons
40000 Mont-de-Marsan

The Lacataye dungeon in Mont-de-Marsan (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) is in fact two 13th- and 15th-century fortresses, transformed into a Despiau-Wlérick museum. This shell stone monument once served as a defence and observation post near the Midou.

Modern Church
40000 Mont-de-Marsan

Saint Vincent de Paul Church, built in the 3rd quarter of the 20th century in Mont-de-Marsan (New Aquitaine), is a modern Catholic place of worship inspired by the Irish sheepfolds, concrete and glass, classified as a historical monument in 2007.

City gate
40300 Hastingues

The town gate of Hastingues, built in the 14th century, is a fortified vestige of this Dutch bastide founded in 1289, protecting the main entrance of the medieval village.