Selection of the most beautiful monuments in Ariège

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.

Château fort
09000 Foix

Foix Castle, built in the 12th century, is a medieval castle overlooking the town of Foix in Occitanie. Redesigned in the 19th century, it now houses the departmental museum of Ariège and has been classified as a historical monument since 1840.

Eglise romane
09420 Rimont

The Abbey of Combelongue, founded in the 12th century in Rimont en Ariège, is a pre-showed abbey in pink brick, a rare example of mudéjare architecture in Occitanie, classified as a historical monument since 2007.

Château fort
09250 Lordat

Lordat Castle, a medieval fortress of the 11th and 15th centuries, dominates the Ariège Valley at an altitude of 965 m on the town of Lordat in Occitanie. Impressive ruins of a cathar and feudal strategic site.

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.

Chemins de Compostelle - Au bord des voies
09190 Saint-Lizier

Saint-Lizier Cathedral, a Romanesque building from the 11th to the 15th century located in Saint-Lizier, Occitanie, is famous for its cloister and medieval frescoes, classified as a historical monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Maisons à pans de bois
09120 Varilhes

The 16th-century wooden house of Varilhes is a typical example of the half-timbered architecture of Ariège, with cross motifs of Saint Andrew and a brick filling.

Chemins de Compostelle - Au bord des voies
09800 Audressein

The Church of Notre-Dame-de-Tramesaygues, classified as a Historical Monument in 1990, is a 14th, 16th and 17th century religious building located in Audressein (Ariège), famous for its Gothic porch and its role in Marian and Compostellan pilgrimage.