Selection of the most beautiful monuments in the Hérault

Courthouse
34000 Montpellier

The courthouse of Montpellier, a 19th century neoclassical building located on Rue Foch, now houses the court of seats and the court of appeal in the historic heart of the city.

Oppidum
34440 Nissan-lez-Enserune

The Oppidum d'Ensérune, a protohistoric archaeological site located in Nissan-lez-Enserune (Hérault), dominates the plain with its remains of an ancient village occupied from the 6th century BC in the 1st century AD, offering an exceptional testimony of the Elisyc and Gaulian civilizations in Mediterranean Gaul.

Oppidum
34400 Villetelle

The Ambrussum oppidum, located in Villetelle, Occitanie, is a major Gallo-Roman archaeological site, including an oppidum celte, a road station on the Domitian way and the famous Ambroix bridge, a witness of the Mediterranean exchanges from the Iron Age.

Oppidum
34570 Murviel-lès-Montpellier

The oppidum of Altimurium, Gallo-Roman site of the 2nd century BC, dominates Murviel-lès-Montpellier in Occitanie. Former fortified city near the Domitian Way, it bears witness to the strategic importance of the region in ancient times.

Garden
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.

Fountain
34000 Montpellier

The Three Graces Fountain, built in Montpellier at the end of the eighteenth century, is a historical monument adorned with allegorical sculptures, located Place de la Comédie in the Hérault.

Faculty
34000 Montpellier

Montpellier's Faculty of Medicine, founded in 1220, is the oldest active medical school in the world. Located in a medieval historic building in the heart of Montpellier (Occitanie), it combines architectural heritage and exceptional scientific heritage.

Fortified Church
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.