The 10 villages of Aveyron ranked among the most beautiful villages of France:
Belcastel
On the banks of the river Aveyron is a picture postcard village with its castle dominating the fifteenth century. In this exceptional setting, the architect Fernand Pouillon was amazed by this site and put his passion and talent for the restoration of the castle.
Conques
Cultural Mecca, the site of Conques, a major step on the road to Saint Jacques de Compostella, and a jewel of Romanesque art. The new windows in the abbey, designed by Pierre Soulages, while the magnifying respect, the austere Romanesque and its symbols.
Sauveterre-de-Rouergue
Half-timbered houses and corbelled stone carved ornamental carved doors, vestiges of fortifications, moats, towers, gates of the city ... let you go over time.
Sainte-Eulalie d'Olt
Medieval church of the eleventh century castle of the fifteenth century, Renaissance Hotel and the mill wheel, the rhythm of life in this village where you can stroll.
Najac
The royal fortress (masterpiece of military architecture of the thirteenth century) stands at the end of the rocky outcrop that surrounds the river at its base. The tower dominates the narrow gorge through which flows the Aveyron and watches over the village.
Brousse le Château
Castle of the ninth and twelfth centuries, a medieval bridge Romanesque church, oratory ... an exceptional site in the valley of the Tarn.
The Couvertoirade
At the heart of Larzac, in a protected site, the presence of the Templars and Hospitallers for seven centuries created the Couvertoirade.
Estaing
Of the most picturesque medieval town located in the North Aveyron , at the entrance of the Gorges du Lot, at the foot of the Aubrac mountains, a landscape of terraces. You'll find the castle, the gothic bridge and a beautiful cross ..
Saint-Côme d'Olt
Medieval village, steeple flamed, fortified gates, mansions ... the footsteps of the pilgrims of Saint Jacques de Compostela, you discover an old city unchanged for centuries.
Peyre
Located 7 km downstream of Millau, the village rock Peyre is remarkable in many ways, including for its tuff houses, its cobbled streets (alleys of stone) and its troglodyte church, Romanesque fortified base in the seventeenth century. This site unusual, carved into the cliff, you will also offer exceptional views of the Millau Viaduct.
www.plusbeauxvillagesdefrance-aveyron.com
Route des Seigneurs du Rouergue
24 medieval castles have signed a charter that guarantees the reliability of schedules, the quality of the welcome and the wealth of information: - open houses or accompanied - for children, - events and illuminations.
The 24 towers of the road of the Lords of Rouergue:
(1) The Chateau du Bosc
(2) Castle Bournazel
(3) Castle Brousse
(4) Castle Calmont d'Olt
(5) Château de Castelnau-Pégayrolles
(6) The Chateau du Colombier
(7) Castle Coupiac
(8) The castle of Fayet
(9) Castle Belcastel
(10) The Belfry in Millau
(11) Castle Montaigut
(12) Castle Mouret
(13) Castle Najac
(14) Castle Peyrelade
(15) Castle Esplas
(16) The castle of Saint-Beauzély
(17) The castle of Saint-Izaire
(18) Castle Sévérac
(19) Castle Taurines
(20) Castle Valon
(21) Castle Vezins
(22) The commander's Hospital Lugan
(23) The tower of Viala No Jaux
(24) Castle Mélac
www.seigneurs du rouergue.com
Abbey Sylvanès
A monastic architecture which reflects one of the greatest spiritual and artistic moments of the West.
Such an architectural ensemble, one of the finest of this style in the department known in France and abroad of all specialists in Roman art, was worth saving. There are over 30 years under the
impetus of the Friends of the Abbey of Sylvanès and in partnership with all public authorities (State, Region, Town, Village) and private patronage, the abbey was abandoned of all life and largely
ruined was restored and rehabilitated. Today it has become an internationally renowned cultural center ...
ABBEY Sylvan
12360 Sylvanès
Tel. 05 65 98 20 20
Fax 05 65 98 20 25
Website: http://www.sylvanes.com
The Templar and Hospitaller sites in the Aveyron
When the Templars settled on the Larzac in the middle of the twelfth century, they founded the Commandery of Sainte-Eulalie de Cernon and extend their powers to the Couvertoirade, The Cavalry and Viala Pas de Compiegne. For 150 years, they will consolidate scattered Larzac populations around these sites and develop the agro-pastoral vocation of the whole region. When the Order of the Temple is suppressed by the Pope in 1312, all goods are sent to the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem. It is the Hospital that will strengthen all the sites including the Commandery of Saint Eulalie, because of the climate of insecurity at the time of the Hundred Years War. Today, these sites Templars and Hospitallers are preserved and enhanced by the Conservatoire Larzac Templars and Hospitallers.
The five sites Templars and Hospitallers of Aveyron open to the public are:
The Cavalry
The Couvertoirade
Saint-Jean d'Alcas
Sainte-Eulalie de Cernon
Le Viala du Pas Jaux