Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges

Gallo-Roman Lugdunum Convenarum and medieval city, stop on the way to Saint Jacques de Compostela.

It is through the ruins of the ancient Roman city of Lugdunum, the city of convenes begins your journey through time. Temple, forum, theater, baths and market still buzzing from the excitement of a city populated by 30 hectares 5-10 000 in the first half of the second century AD.

Overlooking the Garonne valley, Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges, real "Mont Saint-Michel land" is the culmination of a unique historical and architectural ensemble. You enter Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges by one of its three doors and scour the steep streets which start to attack the timeless citadel surrounded by ramparts and populated by old houses. Timbered houses of the XV-XVI centuries bear witness to the greatness of the episcopal city. If you are curious, so push the heavy door of St. Mary of Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges Cathedral. The Romanesque-Gothic architecture is elegant, the Renaissance stained glass windows, carved choir stalls and organ of the sixteenth century is remarkable.

Enjoy the privacy of the Romanesque cloister of the twelfth century. Step on a secondary route of pilgrimage to Saint Jacques de Compostela (channel Piedmont), the cathedral contains the tomb of Bishop Bertrand de l'Isle canonized in the thirteenth century. The ancient site and the medieval city are also to be discovered.