Selection of the most beautiful monuments in the Lot

Château fort
46400 Saint-Laurent-les-Tours

The Château des Tours-Saint-Laurent, a medieval fortress of the 13th and 15th centuries, dominates the valley of the Bave in Saint-Laurent-les-Tours (Occitanie). Ranked a Historic Monument, it now houses a workshop-museum dedicated to Jean Lurçat.

Chemins de Compostelle - Au bord des voies
46500 Rocamadour

The Religious City of Rocamadour is a medieval Marian shrine built on the cliffside in the Lot in Occitanie. This emblematic site, dating from the 12th century and restored in the 19th century, houses churches, chapels and a monumental staircase, attracting pilgrims and visitors for centuries.

Chemins de Compostelle - Voie du Puy-en-Velay
46000 Cahors

Saint-Étienne Cathedral in Cahors, built from the 12th century, is an architectural masterpiece combining Romanesque and Gothic styles, famous for its Byzantine domes and its relic of the Sainte Coiffe, located in the Lot in Occitanie.

Château fort
46320 Brengues

The English Castle, built in the 12th century in Brengues in the Lot, is a castle typical of the Lot and Célé valleys, backed by a rock wall and partially preserved.

Château fort
46160 Montbrun

Montbrun Castle, built between the 12th and 17th centuries, dominates a meandering Lot in Montbrun (Lot, Occitanie). This castle, classified as a historical monument, bears witness to a turbulent medieval history and major architectural transformations.

Chemins de Compostelle - Voie du Puy-en-Velay
46160 Gréalou

The Dolmen of Pech Lagliaire 2 in Gréalou is a megalithic monument of Neolithic located in the Lot in Occitanie. Ranked a historical monument, it is part of a set of three close dolmens, witnesses to ancient funeral practices.

Moulin à eau
46330 Saint-Cirq-Lapopie

The water mill of Saint-Cirq-Lapopie, built between the 15th and 18th centuries, is an ancient hydraulic mill located in the Lot, in Occitanie, today transformed into a house and classified as a historical monument since 1973.

Forteresse
46130 Prudhomat

Castelnau-Bretenoux Castle, an imposing medieval fortress from the 11th to the 18th century, dominates Prudhomat in the Lot (Occitanie). Ranked a Historic Monument, it embodies the feudal history of Quercy with its ramparts, dungeons and seigneurial houses, now open to the public by the National Monuments Centre.