Selection of the most beautiful monuments in Aveyron

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12250 Viala-du-Pas-de-Jaux

The tower of the Viala-du-Pas-de-Jaux, built in the 15th century, is a 27-metre fortified building in the Aveyron, on the Larzac. It served as a refuge and storage for local crops.

Château fort
12310 Bertholène

The Château des Bourines, a 13th-15th-century feudal fortified barn in Bertholène (Aveyron), is a rare example of monastic and military architecture linked to the Domerie of Aubrac.

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.

Château fort
12330 Salles-la-Source

The Château du Colombier, built in the 14th and 15th centuries in Salles-la-Source (Aveyron), is a fortified medieval den, emblematic of ruergate seigneurial architecture, with dungeon and preserved dovecotes.

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
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.

Eglise romane
12100 Comprégnac

The church of Saint Christophe de Peyre, semi-troglodytic and fortified, dates from the Middle Ages and the 16th century. Located in Comprégnac en Aveyron, it dominates the Tarn valley with its Romanesque and defensive elements.

Eglise romane
12200 Martiel

The fortified abbey of Loc-Dieu, founded in the 12th century in Martiel in Aveyron, is an ancient Cistercian abbey transformed into a medieval fortress. Its architecture combines Romanesque, Gothic and defensive styles, in the heart of a lush park of 40 hectares.