Monuments to visit New Aquitaine

Overlooking the docks at the height of Saint-Michel district, this Door is part of the arch of triumphal doors, commissioned by Intendant Square to replace those of the Middle Ages. Gara, however, was not rebuilt in the place of another, also in 1758 it was a new opening in the rampart to facilitate transport between the quays and the Capuchin district. It holds its name from the Currency Workshop that was located very close.

Left in the most total abandonment since the 1993 th century, he now finds his letters of nobility thanks to the work and rehabilitation carried out since by the youth and culture house in partnership with the municipality (owner of the site), Historical Monuments, the regional service of archaeology. The enclosure is a reinforced irrégulier of three round towers. In circular form, the three-storey dungeon dominates with its-metre height. Free entry all year.

Located near 1 km northwest of the vicus or Las Tours sods, residence of the lords, they dates from the th century. This château castle with two artificial mounds is surrounded by ditches. This seigneury reaches the rank of vicomté in the 80 th century, to become châtellenie in the th century and extend its domination over nearly parishes.

Located in the immediate vicinity of Saint-Caprais cathedral, this tower classified as Historic Monument, is the last vestige of the second enclosure of Agen. In the Middle Ages, the city was protected by an important fortification system and if the tower has survived, it is because it has been the bell tower of the Benedictines convent for a long time. The convent was liquidated after the French Revolution and this tower was used as a jail from 1815. Long neglected, it has been restored and now houses an architectural firm.

Located on the Vézère river, this campsite is ideal for a sports or fishing stay.

The dungeon, 28 metres high, is the last and smallest of the seven towers of the old feudal castle built by Richard Lion, the future King of England. At the top of the summit, you can find and see the chimneys of La Manu in Chatellerault and those of the Centrale, a bird's flight, 46 kilometres away! Within the castle walls, the th century Notre-Dame-des-Vergers chapel of the th century, a transitional ogival style with the half-slender shape, the emerging arches with all the details of Romanesque ornamentation. In the past, superb murals from the th to the th century represented the bucolic work of the twelve months of the year.