Sainte Marie-Madeleine Church – Belcastel
Sainte Marie-Madeleine, a church dedicated to Mary Magdalene and located in Belcastel, a village in Aveyron ranked among the Plus Beaux Villages de France
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Pastel – Woad – Isatis tinctoria – Facts
The production of Pastel, a wonderful blue dye that founded the fortunes of some of the principal cities of southwest France, revived after years of decline
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Albi – Capital of the Land of Plenty – Tarn
Albi, the capital of the Land of Plenty and heart of the Albigensian heresy, today boasts the stunning Ste-Cecile Cathedral and Toulouse Lautrec Museum
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Gaillac Wine – Appellation and Vineyards
Gaillac Wine, produced in the Tarn area in southwest France, granted an AOC in 1938 and considered one of the best kept secrets in the wine-growing industry
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Belcastel – Beautiful villages in France
Belcastel, a medieval village nestled in a steep valley on a hairpin curve of the Aveyron River and ranked among France’s most beautiful villages
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Sainte Foy Feast Day – Conques – Aveyron
The celebration of Sainte Foy Feast Day in Conques in Aveyron, a tiny medieval village whose abbey church has been listed as World Heritage Site by UNESCO
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Château de Cabrerets – Célé Valley – Lot
The Château de Cabrerets in the Célé Valley, officially known as Chateau Gontaud-Biron de Cabrerets, and still owned by a descendant of Raymond de Gontaud
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Marcilhac sur Célé – St. Pierre Abbey – Lot
Saint-Pierre Church is all that is left of the once influential abbey which was located in the village of Marcilhac sur Célé in the Célé Valley
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Villeneuve d’Aveyron Bastide
Visiting Villeneuve d’Aveyron and its surroundings, a bastide or fortified town built by Raymont VII, Count of Toulouse in the early 13th century
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Caniac du Causse – Causse de Gramat
Caniac du Causse in Causse de Gramat in Quercy, one of the oldest inhabited sites of the area as attested by the various findings dating from the Bronze Age
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Quercy – Causses de Quercy – Quercy Blanc
The historical Quercy is part of the Midi-Pyrénées Region and consists of a series of limestone plateaus or Causses in Haut Quercy and plains in Bas Quercy
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Rocamadour – Shrine – Black Madonna – Quercy
The episcopal city of Rocamadour in Quercy, St-Sauveur Basilica and St-Amadour Crypt, listed as World Heritage Sites under the label Chemins de Compostelle
