Occitanie Section
Lacaune Ewes and Transhumance in Aveyron
Lacaune ewes breed’s characteristics were defined by ministerial decree of 1902, their milk is essentially used for the production of Roquefort AOC cheese
Laguiole Knife – Aubrac in Aveyron – History
Laguiole knife, exclusively produced in Aubrac and invented by P.J. Calmels who in 1829 turned the Spanish navaja into a folding knife with forced notch
Pink Garlic of Lautrec – Festival – Tarn
The medieval town of Lautrec is considered the capital of Pink Garlic and holds an annual festival founded by the Brotherhood of the Pink Garlic of Lautrec
Lautrec fortified village – Land of Plenty
Lautrec, the fiefdom of the Viscounts of Toulouse-Lautrec in the Land of Plenty in Tarn, a walled-village ranked among the Plus Beaux Village de France
La Gaufresenque – Millau Roman potters village
Millau – La Gaufresenque near Millau in Aveyron, vestiges of a village of potters considered the capital of ceramics during the Gallo-Roman era
Millau Viaduct – Highest Cable-Stayed Bridge
Millau Viaduct, the highest cable-stayed bridge-road in the world, a feat of engineering created by the engineer M. Virlogeux and the architect N. Foster
Lake Pareloup near Salles-Curan – Aveyron
Lake Pareloup in Levezou in Aveyron is also known as Lac de Salles-Curan, the largest lake in the Midi-Pyrénées region and the 5th largest lake in France
Rodez Historic Episcopal City – Rouergue
Rodez in Aveyron, the former capital of the historic Rouergue, a dual city divided between the Bishops and the Counts of Rodez and a fortified cathedral
Roquefort – Blue Cheese Ewe’s Milk Aveyron
Roquefort, a blue cheese from Aveyron exclusively produced from Lacaune ewes’ milk and ripened in the caves of the Combalou Cliff in Roquefort sur Soulzon
St Affrique – Former walled city – Aveyron
St Affrique in Aveyron, a former walled city on the banks of the Sorgues, fortified during the Hundred Years War and pulled down during the Wars of Religion
Chateau de Montal, a Renaissance masterpiece in Quercy
Dolmen de Martignes and Cloup de Coutze
Gouffre de Saint-Sauveur – Ouysse River’s resurgence
