Selection of the most beautiful monuments in the Gard

Eglise gothique
30000 Nîmes

Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Castor Cathedral in Nîmes, a Roman Catholic and Baroque building from the twelfth to the nineteenth century, dominates the Place aux Herbes in the Gard. Episcopal seat, it combines ancient remains and classical transformations.

Eglise romane
30330 Cavillargues

The Hermitage Notre-Dame-du-Saint-Sépulcre is a 12th century Romanesque chapel, enlarged in the 19th century, located in the woods near Cavillargues in Occitanie, classified as a historical monument since 1981.

Palais de justice
30000 Nîmes

The justice palace of Nîmes, a 19th-century neoclassical building, overlooks the city centre near the Roman arenas. Enlisted as a historical monument in 1993, it embodies the judicial architecture of the Louis-Philippe period.

Patrimoine défensif
30400 Villeneuve-lès-Avignon

Fort Saint-André is a 14th century medieval fortified enclosure in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, overlooking the Rhône and Avignon. Royal military masterpiece, he protected the border of the kingdom against the Papal States.

Mas
30700 Uzès

The Mas de Mayac, a former 15th–12th century monastery in Uzès (Gard), was a farm and residence of the Canons before becoming a national good. Its facades are classified.

Tour
30000 Nîmes

The Magne Tower, an iconic Gallo-Roman building of Nîmes, overlooks the Fontaine Gardens. A majestic vestige of the ancient enclosure, it combines pre-Roman heritage and imperial architecture, culminating at 32.50 meters on Mount Cavalier.

Aqueduc gallo-romain
30210 Vers-Pont-du-Gard

The bridge of the Gard, a Roman aqueduct on three levels of the 1st century, is located in Vers-Pont-du-Gard in Occitanie. A masterpiece of ancient engineering, he spans the Gardon for 275 meters long and 49 meters high.

Oppidum
30114 Nages-et-Solorgues

The opidum de Nages, located near Nages-et-Solorgues in the Gard, is an occupied Gallic site of the Neolithic period in the Roman era, overlooking the Vaunage Valley.