Allos
The historical centre of Allos was fortified in the pastimes and endowed, in the XVII century, of 32 chapels and a number of fountains, with the water supplied by the Chadoulin torrent, an out flowing...
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A reference to Camarès can be found in the IX century when it belonged to the abbey of Vabres. It was a fortress of the Protestant troops in the XVI century, during the religious wars. The char...
Read moreCarcassonne
Carcassonne is a very ancient town: its name was mentioned by Plinio the Old in the I century BC but the upper town, the Cité, dates back 2,500 years. Carcassonne indeed rises on an important w...
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The village is located on the left bank of the Argent-Double and it encircles the Benedictine Abbey which was the original settlement founded in 982. The Carolingian structure was widened in the XII c...
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Crestet is a very ancient village, founded by the Saracens around the VII or VIII century. The castle on the ridge peak belongs to a later epoch (XII century) and it was used until the French revoluti...
Read moreFlorac
Florac is the small capital of the Cévennes, located in the Tarn valley. Other two rivers flow into Florac: the Tarnon and the Mimente, both affluent of the Tarn. In the town centre, there is t...
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The old town of Foix is located on the confluence of the Ariège with the Arget, on a rocky spur full of caves inhabited in the prehistoric epoch, as evidenced by cave paintings and other retrie...
Read moreLabastide-de-Virac
The village of Labastide-de-Virac, rising on a relief, is dominated by the castle of the Counts of Roure (XIV-XV century). They were Huguenots, later converted to Catholicism after the revocation of t...
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The medieval village of Lagrasse (XII-XIII century), commendably preserved, arose near the Benedictine abbey of Ste-Marie d'Orbieu, founded in the VIII century. The impressive abbey complex, entirely...
Read moreLe Vigan
Le Vigan is the main centre of the southern Cévennes, on the borders of the massif of Mont Aigoual. It has been inhabited since ancient times, and in the Middle Ages it was an important Benedic...
Read moreLe-Pont-de-Montvert
Le-Pont-de-Montvert is one of the most charming places of the Cévennes. It was of great strategic importance in the past because of its bridge over the Tarn, on the road linking Mende and Porte...
Read moreLes Vans
The foundation of Les Vans dates back to the XII century. It experienced a period of strong expansion in the XIX century, thanks to silkworm breeding and silk weaving. The historical silk mill (rue du...
Read moreMalaucène
Malaucène is a small walled village of which two gates ,the ruins of the walls, narrow lanes and houses with renaissance portals in calcareous ashlars, and a few medieval buildings are all that...
Read moreMinerve
Minerve and its surrounding chalky uplands have been inhabited since the Paleolithic. The fortified town developed considerably during the Middle Ages and this is known because of the siege raised in ...
Read moreMontbrun-les-Bains
Montbrun-les-Bains is a small medieval village located at the confluence between the two torrents Anary and Toulorenc. It is classified as one of the 100 most beautiful small villages of France. It is...
Read moreMonze
Monze was an old fortified village on the “wool lane” to Carcassonne, and its only entrance was the nice three-arched bridge (XIII century) on the stream La Bretonne. The old town preserve...
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A reference to the castle can be found in the X century, but the expansion of the village along the river dates back to the XIII century. Quillan was one of the spots where the crusade against the Alb...
Read moreRoquefixade
Roquefixade is a very tiny but nice village, with a wide square and a church with a bell gable. The XI century castle has steep walls and a tower looming over the village. During the crusade the castl...
Read moreSault-en-Provence
Sault-en-Provence is a very ancient town. There are important pre-historical sites in its surroundings, dating back to the Mousterian era (the Aubesier grotto) and of the Neolithic, with the presence ...
Read moreSeyne-les-Alpes
In Seyne-les-Alpes the church of Notre-Dame de Nazareth is worth a visit. It is in Romanesque-Provencal style (XII-XIII century), in visible stone ashlars. It is an aisle-less church and it has two re...
Read moreSisteron
The historical centre of Sisteron deserves a thorough visit. The cathedral of Notre-Dame and St-Thyrse was built in the XII century and it is considered one of the greatest examples of the Provencal-R...
Read moreSt-Pierre-des-Champs
The village, facing the course of the river Orbieu, is dominated by its castle (XIII century), belonging to the abbey of Lagrasse. It was the base of the crusaders during the siege of Termes. The vill...
Read moreThe bridge on the Rhone and Pont St. Esprit
Pont-St-Esprit.The medieval bridge is about a kilometre long and rests on 25 lowered arches. Since 1309 it is, according to poet Frédéric Mistral’s definition, the “golden ga...
Read moreVaison-la-Romaine
Vaison-la-Romaine has ancient origins, as revealed by its name. Actually, up to the XIX century, not much was known about the Gallic-Roman town lying under the modern settlement and on the previous Ce...
Read moreVielha
Vielha is a busy winter resort with a small old town arisen on the confluence of the stream Nere with the Garonne. In ancient times some celtic-basque populations were living in the valley and a tribe...
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