Aubrac Region – Monts d’Aubrac in Aveyron
Monts d’Aubrac in Northern Aveyron, a region renown for its Laguiole knives and Aubrac cows whose milk enter in the production of Aligot and Laguiole cheese
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Belmont sur Rance – Notre Dame du Seriguet
The town of Belmont sur Rance in Aveyron boasts a superb Flamboyant Gothic Collegiate Church, the only remaining building of an abbey founded in 942
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Brousse le Château – Raspes du Tarn
Brousse le Château in Aveyron, a medieval fortress and a walled village located in the Raspes du Tarn and ranked among the Plus Beaux Villages de France
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Chaos de Montpellier le Vieux – Aveyron
Chaos de Montpellier le Vieux in the Causse Noir in Aveyron, 120 hectares of rock formations carved by water erosion that resemble an ancient ruined city
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Château de Montaigut – Rougiers de Camares
Château de Montaigut, a medieval fortress that commanded the Rougier de Camares and Dourdou Valley and defended the town of St-Affrique in Southern Aveyron
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Knights Templar – Causse du Larzac
The Order of the Knights Templar founded five Commanderies in Aveyron during the Crusades and introduced sheep rearing in the Causse du Larzac
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Lacaune Ewes’ 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
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Laguiole Knife – Aubrac in Aveyron
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
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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
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Lautrec walled 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
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La Gaufresenque – 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
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Millau Viaduct – Cable-Stayed Bridge
Millau Viaduct, the tallest cable-stayed bridge-road in the world, a feat of engineering created by the engineer M. Virlogeux and the architect N. Foster
