Selection of the most beautiful monuments in Aveyron

Chemins de Compostelle - Voie du Puy-en-Velay
12320 Conques-en-Rouergue

The bridge over the Dourdou, built in the 14th century in Conques-en-Rouergue (Aveyron), is a medieval pink stone bridge, emblematic of Via Podiensis towards Santiago de Compostela.

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
12390 Belcastel

Belcastel Castle, a medieval 8th century fortress, dominates the Aveyron Valley in Belcastel (Occitanie). Ranked a historic monument, it combines defensive architecture and exemplary restoration by Fernand Pouillon.

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.

Rempart
12230 La Couvertoirade

The ramparts of La Couvertoirade, built in the 15th century, surround the medieval village of Aveyron. Their 420 m wall, pierced by archeries, bears witness to a preserved defensive architecture.

Château fort
12600 Lacroix-Barrez

The castle of Valon, the ruin of a 14th century castle, dominates the valley of Truyère in Lacroix-Barrez in Aveyron. Ranked a historical monument in 1925, it bears witness to a medieval defensive architecture with dungeon and scauguettes.

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.

Château
12480 Brousse-le-Château

The Château de Brousse, a former castle of the 10th century renovated in the 16th and 19th centuries, dominates Brousse-le-Château in Aveyron. Ranked a historical monument, it illustrates the military architecture of the Rouergue with its walls, towers and seigneurial residence Renaissance.