Castles, churches, forts...
There are also fortified towns and villages such as Saint-Lizier with its famous palace des Évêques; or Camon in Ariège which is said to have been ordered by Charles the Great; the Carla Bayle, reposing languidly on a hill like an island in the middle of the greenery; and Navarrenx where Franz Liszt stayed...
The list of religious heritage sites is just as long: the Saint Martin and Saint Michel abbeys in Canigou and Cuxa; the Serrabone priory in the Pyrenees-Orientales; the Escaladieu abbey and the heritage of Lourdes in Bigorre; the Oloron-Sainte-Marie cathedral with a cagots door, featured on the UNESCO World Heritage list. Not to mention the impressive Sainte-Marie cathedral, set on a knoll in Saint-Bertrand-de Comminges, overlooking the ruins of Lugdunum Convenarum, one of the former Roman province’s greatest cities. It was built between 1083 and 1352, under the orders of Bertrand de l’Isle who later became Saint Bertrand, then Pope Clément V. Another must-see nearby is the Saint-Just de Valcabrère basilica.
