Travel Guide Préneron

Why go to a village that stretches over 8 km ² and has 150 inhabitants? Precisely for that! What is rare is precious and this small village perched at 170 m above sea level is a dream of wonder, first for photographers. Here, in clear time, the campaign is set at the foot of the Pyrenees chain and, at a loss of sight, the fields of sunflowers and green meadows form a patchwork of which Gers has the secrecy. At the turn of the village, a very picturesque closed well is a beautiful structure shaped with stones and its 11 m deep are surmounted by a open of Gothic shape. You are already interested, we feel so… so do not hesitate to listen to the ear and we will be narrera the dramatic history of the feudal castle built in 960 by Lord Arnaud of Préneron, destroyed by a fire in 1918 and whose last part suffered the same sad fate in 1933, after centuries of fascinating péripéties. For the little history, a secular cedar was related to this area, it was 40 m high when storm Klaus also destroyed it. For your comfort, admire the valleys and above all the church Saint-André, which contains eight magnificent stained glass windows in the choir as well as a golden wooden virgin on embedded stone.