Selection of the most beautiful monuments in Aveyron

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).

Château de style Renaissance
12390 Bournazel

Bournazel Castle, a 16th century Renaissance jewel in Aveyron, dominates the eponymous village. This monument combines refined architecture and medieval remains, witness to an aristocratic history.

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.

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.

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.

Commanderie templière
12230 Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon

The commandory of Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon, built in the 12th century by the Templars and then the Hospitallers, is an iconic fortified complex of Larzac, in Aveyron, mixing Romanesque church, conventual buildings and medieval ramparts.

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.

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.