Guided tour of the 7 small churches

Name: Guided tour of the 7 small churches
Start: 2022-09-17T14:30:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-17T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Bureau d'information touristique

Guided tour of the 7 small churches around Montpezat-de-Querky, including the church of Saux and its 14th century murals.

Saturday 17 September 2022, 14:30Passed

Conditions

Limited places, appointment in front of the tourist information office

Registration

05 63 02 05 55 tourisme@quercycaussadais.fr

©Office de tourisme du Quercy Caussadais

The association Loisirs Patrimoine Montpezatais offers you a visit of the 7 small churches around Montpezat de Quercy commented by M. Moureau: Pilou, Gandoulès, La Madeleine, Saint Laurent, La Salvetat, Sainte Victoire, Saux. The visit will be followed by a friendly aperitif. Appointment in front of the Tourist Information Office. Duration of the tour: 3H00.

About the location

Bureau d'information touristique

24 boulevard des fossés, 82270 Montpezat-de-Quercy

Tarn-et-Garonne
Occitanie

The information office of Montpezat-de-Qquercy welcomes you to discover the heritage of this charming medieval city.
In Montpezat-de-quercy, you will admire the collegiate church built in the 14th century in the Gothic style, and where there are Flemish tapestries of high smooth evoking brilliantly the life of Saint Martin and his legend, an important treasure, paintings, English alabasters, statues, precious fabrics, baptismal fonts of the sixteenth century. In the heart of the village, the 14th century city gate, the House of Canons of the 15th and 17th centuries, and the Renaissance houses and squares of the Town Hall, and finally the cloister of the 17th century Ursulines invite you to stroll. In Montpezat-de-quercy there are remains of a Gallo-Roman settlement. The village reached its peak in the Middle Ages. In the thirteenth century, most noble houses adopted the Cathar cult. The second family of Montpezat owed its fame to Cardinal Pierre des Prés (1288-1361), patron and statesm