Selection of the most beautiful monuments in Midi-Pyrénées

Château fort
12390 Belcastel

Belcastel Castle, a medieval 8th century fortress, dominates the Aveyron Valley in Belcastel (Occitanie). Ranked a historic monument, it combines defensive architecture and exemplary restoration by Fernand Pouillon.

Chemins de Compostelle - Voie du Puy-en-Velay
12320 Conques-en-Rouergue

The Abbey of Sainte-Foy de Conques, jewel of 11th century Romanesque art located in Conques-en-Rouergue in Occitanie, is a pilgrimage church famous for its tympanum of the Last Judgment and its medieval treasure, integrated into the paths of Santiago de Compostela.

Château fort
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.

Architecture gothique méridionale
31000 Toulouse

The church of the Jacobins of Toulouse, a gothic jewel of the 13th-XIVth centuries, is a former Dominican brick convent, famous for its mineral palm and relics of Saint Thomas of Aquinas, located in the city centre near the Capitol.

Château de style Renaissance
46400 Saint-Jean-Lespinasse

The Château de Montal, a 16th century Renaissance jewel in Saint-Jean-Lespinasse (Lot, Occitanie), combines innovative architecture and unique carved decorations, restored in the 20th century after a partial dismantling.

Château fort
46320 Brengues

The English Castle, built in the 12th century in Brengues in the Lot, is a castle typical of the Lot and Célé valleys, backed by a rock wall and partially preserved.

Château fort
46160 Montbrun

Montbrun Castle, built between the 12th and 17th centuries, dominates a meandering Lot in Montbrun (Lot, Occitanie). This castle, classified as a historical monument, bears witness to a turbulent medieval history and major architectural transformations.

Château fort
46400 Autoire

The English castle, a troglodytic fortress of the 11th-XIIth centuries in Autoire (Lot), is a medieval site backed by a cliff, marked by its role during the Hundred Years War and its fortified remains.