Selection of the most beautiful monuments in Aveyron

Château fort
12640 Rivière-sur-Tarn

The castle of Peyrelade, the ruin of a castle of the 12th and 15th centuries, dominates the gorges of the Tarn in Rivière-sur-Tarn, Aveyron. This strategic site of the Rouergue offers a 50 metre dungeon and an imposing enclosure.

Chapelle romane
12230 Nant

The chapel Saint-Martin-du-Vican, built in the 12th century in Nant en Aveyron, is an ancient Romanesque church in limestone and tuff, classified as a historical monument in 1936.

Bâtiment Renaissance
12000 Rodez

The Maison d'Armagnac is a 16th century Renaissance mansion located in Rodez, Occitanie, formerly owned by Ruthenian merchants.

Château fort
12210 Montpeyroux

The Château du Bousquet, built in the 14th century in Montpeyroux in Aveyron, is an ancient restored castle, marked by its defensive architecture and its role on the way to Santiago de Compostela.

Maison forte
12260 Villeneuve

The castle of Toulonnergues, a 15th-century medieval building in Villeneuve (Aveyron), combines seigneurial houses with defensive elements, with a staircase tower in screws and characteristic rounded angles.

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.

Commanderie templière
12230 La Couvertoirade

The Commanderie de La Couvertoirade, founded in 1181, is a templier and then hospital complex located in Aveyron, including castle, chapel and medieval fortifications.

Château fort
12500 Espalion

The chapel of Calmont-d'Olt, a vestige from the 11th to the 15th century, is located in Espalion (Aveyron). Integrated with the castle overlooking the Lot Valley, it illustrates the medieval castral architecture of the Rouergue.