Selection of the most beautiful monuments in Tarn

Eglise baroque
81100 Castres

The Cathedral of Saint-Benoît de Castres, built in the 17th and 18th centuries, is an ancient Benedictine abbey transformed into a baroque cathedral, located in the Tarn in Occitanie. His tumultuous history includes partial destruction and reconstruction, leaving an imposing but unfinished choir.

Porte-de-ville
81170 Cordes-sur-Ciel

The Jane Gate is a 13th century medieval gate located in Cordes-sur-Ciel, Tarn. It is part of the inner enclosure of this Albige bastide, marked by its defensive architecture and its turbulent history.

Pigeonier
81150 Labastide-de-Lévis

The dovecote of Pradinas, built in the last quarter of the 18th century in Labastide-de-Lévis (Tarn), is a historic brick and stone monument, emblematic of the pyramidal dovecotes of the Lavaur region.

Maison Gothique
81170 Cordes-sur-Ciel

The Grand Fauconnier House is a 14th-century Gothic residence located in Cordes-sur-Ciel, Occitanie, classified as a historical monument since 1875. It illustrates medieval civil architecture with its warheads and its history related to falconry.

Eglise gothique
81500 Lavaur

The Cathedral of Saint-Alain de Lavaur, a southern Gothic building from the 13th to the 16th centuries, dominates the town of Tarn in Occitanie. Ranked a historical monument, it combines medieval architecture and treasures like a Cavaillé-Coll organ and a legendary jacquemart.

Vieux pont
81990 Albi

The Old Bridge of Albi, built in the 11th century and rebuilt in the 17th century, is a 150-metre medieval bridge crossing the Tarn, classified as a historical monument and integrated into the Episcopal City of Albi, a UNESCO site.

Halle
81290 la Bruguière

The hall of Labruguière, covered market of the 13th century located in the Tarn in Occitanie, is a medieval vestige partially rebuilt in 1618, classified historical monument in 1977.

Eglise gothique
81990 Albi

The Cathedral of Saint-Cécile d'Albi, a southern Gothic brick masterpiece from the 13th to the 15th century, dominates the town of Albi in Occitanie. Ranked at UNESCO, it combines external austerity and unique interior pictorial wealth in Europe.