Selection of the most beautiful monuments in the Hérault

Eglise gothique
34000 Montpellier

La cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Montpellier, édifice gothique du XIVe siècle transformé au XIXe, est la cathédrale métropolitaine de la ville. Exemple emblématique de cathédrale-forteresse, elle domine le centre historique de l'Occitanie.

Eglise fortifiée
34290 Montblanc

The church of Sainte-Eulalie de Montblanc, fortified from the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries, stands in the Hérault in Occitanie. Ranked a historical monument in 1987, it illustrates medieval defensive religious architecture.

Pont du Diable
34600 Villemagne-l'Argentière

The Pont du Diable de Villemagne-l'Argentière, built at the end of the 18th century in the Hérault, is a 14-metre-long masonry work, classified as a historic monument, which was used for the transportation of coal to the Herepian Royal Glassworks.

Eglise romane
34750 Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone

The Cathedral of Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul de Maguelone, built in the 12th and 13th centuries on an island near Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone, is a fortified Romanesque gem, ancient episcopal seat and witness to Wisigoth and medieval history in Occitanie.

Eglise de style classique
34150 Aniane

The Saint-Sauveur Abbey of Aniane, an ancient Benedictine church of the 17th to 18th centuries, stands in the Hérault. This Maurist gem, classified as a historical monument, combines monastic architecture and religious history in Occitanie.

Eglise
34190 Saint-Maurice-Navacelles

The château, church and presbytery of Saint-Maurice-Navacelles form a historical complex located in a rural village in northern Herault, Occitanie, surrounded by remarkable natural landscapes such as the Navacelles circus.

Jardin
34000 Montpellier

The Jardin des plants de Montpellier, founded in 1593, is the oldest botanical garden in France. Located in the Hérault in Occitanie, this university site combines historical, botanical and educational heritage on 4.6 hectares.

Tour
34480 Puissalicon

The Romanesque tower of Puissalicon, a 10th century Lombard bell tower, stands in the cemetery of Puissalicon (Herault). This iconic monument, 26 metres high, illustrates medieval religious architecture in Occitanie.