Selection of the most beautiful monuments in Midi-Pyrénées

Castle
12600 Lacroix-Barrez

The castle of Valon, the ruin of a 14th century castle, dominates the valley of Truyère in Lacroix-Barrez in Aveyron. Ranked a historical monument in 1925, it bears witness to a medieval defensive architecture with dungeon and scauguettes.

Castle
12310 Bertholène

The Château des Bourines, a 13th-15th-century feudal fortified barn in Bertholène (Aveyron), is a rare example of monastic and military architecture linked to the Domerie of Aubrac.

Castle
12210 Montpeyroux

The Château du Bousquet, built in the 14th century in Montpeyroux in Aveyron, is an ancient restored castle, marked by its defensive architecture and its role on the way to Santiago de Compostela.

Castle
12330 Salles-la-Source

The Château du Colombier, built in the 14th and 15th centuries in Salles-la-Source (Aveyron), is a fortified medieval den, emblematic of ruergate seigneurial architecture, with dungeon and preserved dovecotes.

Templar Commandery
12230 La Couvertoirade

The Commanderie de La Couvertoirade, founded in 1181, is a templier and then hospital complex located in Aveyron, including castle, chapel and medieval fortifications.

Templar Commandery
12230 Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon

The commandory of Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon, built in the 12th century by the Templars and then the Hospitallers, is an iconic fortified complex of Larzac, in Aveyron, mixing Romanesque church, conventual buildings and medieval ramparts.

Fortified Church
12850 Sainte-Radegonde

The fortified church of Inières, dated the 13th and 14th centuries, is a religious building transformed into a dungeon located in Sainte-Radegonde, Aveyron. Ranked a historic monument in 1921, it illustrates the medieval defensive architecture of the Rouergue.

Romanesque Church
12100 Comprégnac

The church of Saint Christophe de Peyre, semi-troglodytic and fortified, dates from the Middle Ages and the 16th century. Located in Comprégnac en Aveyron, it dominates the Tarn valley with its Romanesque and defensive elements.