Selection of the most beautiful monuments in Midi-Pyrénées

Château fort
09500 Lagarde

The Château de Lagarde, in Ariège, is a former 11th century castle transformed into a Baroque palace in the 17th century. Its ruins dominate the Hers-Vif valley near Mirepoix, Occitanie.

Eglise gothique
09500 Mirepoix

The former Cathedral of Saint-Maurice de Mirepoix, a 13th–12th–century Gothic building in Occitanie, is distinguished by its unique nave of 21.40 m, the widest of Languedoc, and its octagonal bell tower of 60 m.

Grotte préhistorique
09400 Alliat

The cave of the Vache in Alliat is a prehistoric adorned cave located in Ariège, in the Occitanie region, classified as a Historic Monument since 1952.

Château
12480 Brousse-le-Château

The Château de Brousse, a former castle of the 10th century renovated in the 16th and 19th centuries, dominates Brousse-le-Château in Aveyron. Ranked a historical monument, it illustrates the military architecture of the Rouergue with its walls, towers and seigneurial residence Renaissance.

Eglise romane
12200 Martiel

The fortified abbey of Loc-Dieu, founded in the 12th century in Martiel in Aveyron, is an ancient Cistercian abbey transformed into a medieval fortress. Its architecture combines Romanesque, Gothic and defensive styles, in the heart of a lush park of 40 hectares.

Eglise fortifiée
12850 Sainte-Radegonde

The church of Sainte-Radegonde in Sainte-Radegonde, a 13th century Gothic building fortified in the 14th and 15th centuries, stands in Aveyron. This historic monument, classified in 1925, combines religious and defensive architecture with its medieval towers, shelters and murals.

Château Médiéval et Renaissance
12150 Sévérac-le-Château

The castle of Séverac, built in the 13th and 16th centuries, dominates the medieval city of Séverac-le-Château in Aveyron. A fortress transformed into a Renaissance palace, it embodies the feudal and architectural history of Occitanie.

Eglise gothique
09100 Pamiers

The Cathedral of Saint-Antonin de Pamiers, a Gothic and Romanesque building of the 12th, 14th and 19th centuries, is a Toulouse brick jewel located in Occitanie, classified as a historical monument since 1906.