When the former royal bastide opens its doors to Bigorre, you will find a special atmosphere. Before entering its typical and wide streets, imagine it in 1306: there were only woods and swamps. However, it is here that Guillaume de Rabastens, seneschal, representative of the king, decided to build a city to which he gave his name and coat of arms. Under this impulse, wooden and stone houses were built as well as a vast market hall, a hospital, six mills as well as a church dedicated to Saint-Louis, a convent for the Carmelite friars and powerful fortifications. The first Bigourdan bastide is masterly

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