The hill of Sévérac has been occupied since prehistoric times. Culminating at 817 m of altitude, it offers an incredible panorama on the plain where the Aveyron river takes its source and has always allowed its occupants to see the enemy coming from afar! It is undoubtedly for this reason that the Romans erected a stronghold there, as the ending in "ac" of Séverac suggests (Gallo-Roman period). Witness of this presence: the Roman fountain, which proves the mastery of the Romans in terms of water canalisation. Sévérac consolidated its double vocation of stronghold and commercial center since the antiquity, in the shade of its famous fortified castle whose construction probably started as early as the 10th century. The first traces of the existence of Sévérac go back to the year 1030: Gui Ier de Sévérac had a feudal castle built on the mound. The village logically developed below the castle, protected by a high rampart and a moat, and accessed through four gates, with harrows and drawbridges. This has not changed: today, one can still access the village through two of these gates piercing the rampart, the Latazou gate and the Peyrou gate, and one can discover a real jewel of architectural heritage, with one of the oldest houses in Rouergue, dating from the 12th century, the house of Jeanne, half-timbered houses, or corbelled houses, without forgetting the house of the Consuls, which is one of the best preserved in the city.

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