Most beautiful villages in France

32000 Auch

The Jourdanis pigeon house, built in the 3rd quarter of the 18th century in Auch in Occitanie, is a rare example of octagonal architecture classified as a Historic Monument for its facades and roofs.

32200 Juilles

The Cistercian barn of La Grange, built in the 15th and 16th centuries in Juilles (Occitanie), is a rare example of architecture in massive raw land, witness to a medieval and modern agricultural organization.

32430 Saint-Georges

The Cistercian barn of Terride, a medieval outbuilding of Grandselve Abbey, stands in Saint-Georges, Occitanie. This fortified agricultural monument illustrates 12th century monastic rural architecture.

Bergerie
33840 Goualade

The Goualade Round Sheepfold, built between the late 18th and early 19th centuries, is an ancient circular sheepfold transformed into a horse iron, located in Goualade en Gironde, classified as a historical monument.

Fortified mill
33190 Bagas

The fortified Bagas mill, built in the 14th century on the Dropt in Bagas (Gironde), is a rare example of a medieval hydraulic mill transformed into a fortress. Disused in the 20th century, it combines defensive architecture and milling function.

Watermill
33190 Landerrouet-sur-Ségur

The Loubens mill, a 14th–XIXth century hydraulic mill, is located in Landerrouet-sur-Ségur en Gironde, on the banks of the Dropt. Ranked a historic monument, it combines fortified and industrial architecture, a witness to medieval and modern milling activity in New Aquitaine.

Watermill
33540 Blasimon

Labarthe Mill in Blasimon, Gironde, is a 14th century fortified mill, formerly linked to the local abbey. This hydraulic monument, classified in 1926, combines defensive architecture and milling activity on six levels, with a turret added in the 15th century.

Watermill
33420 Espiet

Espiet's new mill, a 15th century fortified mill, is located in Espiet en Gironde. This historic monument, rebuilt at the end of the Middle Ages, belonged to the abbey of La Sauve-Majeure and operated until 1950.