Selection of the most beautiful monuments in Aveyron

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.

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.

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
12360 Gissac

The castle of Montaigut, castle fort of the 12th and 15th centuries, dominates the Camarès Rougier in Gissac, Occitanie. Ranked a historical monument, it combines medieval defensive architecture and Renaissance transformations, now restored for cultural animations.

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.

Ferme fortifiée
12100 Saint-Georges-de-Luzençon

The fortified farm of the Brouzes, built in 1491 in Saint-Georges-de-Luzençon (Aveyron), is an exceptional architectural complex of the Larzac, combining agricultural habitat and defence. Ranked historic monument in 1990.

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.

Chemins de Compostelle - Voie du Puy-en-Velay
12190 Sébrazac

The Estaing Bridge, built between the late 15th and early 16th centuries, is a schist and limestone Gothic bridge crossing the Lot between Estaing and Sébrazac, in Aveyron (Occitanie).