Monuments to visit Midi-Pyrénées

Wrongly nicknamed "Hôtel Philippe le Bel", this Gothic house has the characteristic layout of medieval residences. Its façade and decorative elements are representative of the civil architecture of the 13th and 14th centuries. The exterior of the house is dotted with ogival windows and the majority of them have carved decoration. These are difficult to interpret due to the complexity of medieval iconography. One of the elements present is a figurative figure holding two fleurs-de-lys, which would be a reference to the monarchy.

The pigeon house, which is located in the heart of the Perget Park, which stretches over 16,000 m ², is emblematic of the city of Colomiers. In the southern style, it dates from the eighteenth century and is all bricks. Fully restored in 2008, it is now in perfect condition with its arcade arcades and its four pieces of flat slate roof. It is an excellent meeting place for romantic lovers in the beautiful days.

Built at the beginning of the 15th century, the first town hall was called the "Maison Commune". Remains its black basaltic stone crest of Agde, surrounded by a carved heart where the letters "C.C" are engraved (Corps Consulaire) and above, the date: 1587.

The Hotel de Ville is a spacific former house. The Municipality settled there in 1919. It is in 1980 that it takes its current aspect with the complete renovation of the entrance hall, transformed into a reception and exhibition room which now houses a collection of ancient remains, treasures collected in the Etang de Thau.

Built by the end of the 40 000 th century, it now houses about 30 000 books, including 8 000 printed for the general fund, for the Quercy Fund, brochures, maps and plans, antique photographs, prints and collections of local newspapers. In a superb room, surrounded by books up to the 8-metre upper ceiling with wooden gallery and screw staircases and walnut shelves, rare works, only in consultation, are available for researchers who wish to study the th, th, th and th centuries.

The enclosure of the Saint-Jean-d'Alcas fort, 62.50 m long and 37 m wide, is framed by four corner towers. Here, point of Templar or hospitable origin, but the very real fears of the Hundred Years' War in front of the bands of truckers well established on the Larzac. And which no public authority can overcome. From then on, the abbess of the nearby Cistercian abbey of Nonenque authorized the inhabitants of several neighbouring places to build a fortified enclosure. In case of danger, the peasants of the surroundings and those of the village could take refuge there and save their herds.

In the heart of the old medieval neighborhood, within walking distance from Basilique Saint-Paul-Serge, this private residence is one of the jewels of the district of Bourg. This is the only type of Renaissance architecture of the sixteenth century Narbonne still has. Maison des Trois Nourrices owes its name to the large breasts of the caryatids of its facade. These sculptures surround the bay with pier glass and adorn the southern frontage. In Narbonne, it is said that the house received Molière and that Cinq-Mars was arrested while he plotted against Richelieu. Since its restoration in 2007, it has been housing the Prenatal Service of the Hospital. This house can be visited within European Heritage Days.

From the start of your hike in the Sea of the Rocks, you will come to the feet of this castle whose origin is uncertain but which we like here to imagine that Most or other powerful families lived there long ago. We imagine being a good society, lynched with the influential lords of Salvage (th century) that gave prosperity to the city. The history of saving is marked by that of Protestantism, the wars of religion and the revolt of camisards. Part of the wildhammers revolted took the maquis in the Massif massif and used as a watchtower that castle, following the fire of the castle of Roquevaire. There is no doubt that this place was a privileged site for monitoring a very broad sector. On the plateau of the Coutach massif, surrounded by green oaks and lauriers sauces, see rocks as carved in limestone eroded by water.