Brassac is a commune in France, situated at the gateway to the Sidobre region in the south-east of the Tarn department in the Occitania region. Historically and culturally, the commune lies in the Sidobre, a forested granite territory to the east of Castres.…

Saint-Benoît d’En Calcat Abbey is an active Benedictine abbey belonging to the Subiaco Mont-Cassin congregation. It is located in the hamlet of En Calcat, near Dourgne in the Tarn department (Occitania, France). In 2021, the community had around 40 monks.…

Saint-Scholastique Abbey (Abbaye Sainte-Scholastique), whose construction began in 1890 with the monastery and was completed in 1923 with the consecration of the church, is located in the commune of Dourgne, in the Tarn department of the Occitania region…

Sorèze is a commune in the Tarn department, Occitania region (France). Historically and culturally, the commune lies in the Montagne Noire, a mountain range forming the southern edge of the Massif Central. Exposed to an altered oceanic climate, it is drained…

Olargues is a commune located in the west of the Hérault department in the Occitania region (France, foothills of the Massif Central). It is located in the Haut-Languedoc regional natural park. The village is a member of the “Most beautiful villages of France”…

Saint-Félix-Lauragais (in Occitan Sant Felitz de Lauragués) is a commune located in the northeast of the Haute-Garonne department in the Occitania region (France). Historically and culturally, the commune is in Lauragais, the former “Land of Plenty,” linked…

Saint-Julia is a commune located in the northeast of the Haute-Garonne department and the Occitania region (France). Historically and culturally, the commune is in Lauragais, the former “Land of Plenty”, linked both to the cultivation of pastel and the abundance…

The Vaux manor, a former feudal castle, was transformed in the 17th century. It has been listed as a historic monument since 1944. Vaux is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in Occitania in southwestern France. How to get to? From Paris: 8 hr 55 min…

Moissac is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Occitania region in southern France. The town is situated at the confluence of the rivers Garonne and Tarn at the Canal de Garonne. Main attractions Religious Heritage The Moissac Abbey and the…

Saint-Pierre de Moissac Abbey, from the 7th – 15th centuries, is located in the commune of Moissac, in the department of Tarn-et-Garonne in the Occitania region (France). In 1840, it was classified as a historic monument; other protection orders followed…

Auvillar is a commune in the department of Tarn-et-Garonne in the Occitania region (France). Historically and culturally, the commune is in Lomagne, a former district of the province of Gascony, with the title of viscounty, nicknamed “French Tuscany.” Exposed…

The Château de Goudourville is a castle located in the commune of Goudourville, in the department of Tarn-et-Garonne in France (Occitania), former Gascony region. The castle of Goudourville was built by Hugues de Gasques on a former monastery dependent on…

Castelsagrat, known during the Revolution as Chêne-Vert and La Montagne-de-Traverse, is a commune located in the northwest of the department of Tarn-et-Garonne, in the Occitania region (France). Historically and culturally, the commune is in Quercy Blanc…

Lauzerte (in Occitan Lausèrta) is a commune located in the northwest of the department of Tarn-et-Garonne, in the Occitania region (France). Historically and culturally, the commune is in Quercy Blanc, corresponding to the southern part of Quercy, named after…

Cahors (Occitan: Caors) is a commune on the Lot River in the western part of Southern France (Massif Central). It is the smallest prefecture among the 13 departments that constitute the Occitania region and is the main city of the Lot department and the historical…

Château du Bousquet is a castle located in Arcambal, Lot department, Occitania, France. The building was registered as a historic monument in 1979. The Arcambal family is known as consuls of Cahors between 1230 and 1307. Knowledge of the du Bousquet family…

Saint-Cirq-Lapopie (in Occitan Sent Circ de la Pòpia) is a commune, located in the south of the Lot department in the Occitania region, in Quercy (France, Massif Central). It is also in the Gramat Causse, the largest and wildest of the four Quercy Causses.…

Cabrerets is a commune in the south of the Lot departement, in the Occitania region (France, Massif Central). It is also on the Causse de Gramat, the largest of the four Causses du Quercy. Exposed to an altered oceanic climate, it is drained by the Célé,…

Pech Merle is a cave which opens onto a hillside at Cabrerets in the Lot departement of the Occitania region in France (Massif Central), about 32 km by road east of Cahors. It is one of the few prehistoric cave painting sites in France that remain open to…

Château de Geniez, Géniez or Géniès, is a castle in Sauliac-sur-Célé, Lot department, Occitania, France (Massif Central). According to A. Foissac, in 1234, the castrum de Géniès was entrusted to the Géniès family by a Cardaillac baron de Saint-Cirq, who owed…