Selection of the most beautiful monuments in Aveyron

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.

Eglise romane
12120 Comps-la-Grand-Ville

The Notre-Dame Abbey of Bonnecombe, founded in 1162, is a Cistercian abbey located in Comps-la-Grand-Ville in Aveyron, marked by a rich religious and architectural history until the 20th century.

Château Médiéval et Renaissance
12150 Sévérac-le-Château

The castle of Séverac, built in the 13th and 16th centuries, dominates the medieval city of Séverac-le-Château in Aveyron. A fortress transformed into a Renaissance palace, it embodies the feudal and architectural history of Occitanie.

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.

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.

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.

Eglise romane
12500 Bessuéjouls

The church of Saint-Pierre de Bessuéjouls, a medieval building located in Aveyron, is distinguished by its aerial Romanesque chapel from the 11th to 11th century and its retables from the 17th to 18th centuries, in the heart of Occitanie.

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.