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grotte
de niaux

parc de la
préhistoire

grotte
du mas d'azil

château
de montségur

château
de foix

bastide
de mirepoix

cité
de saint-lizier forges
de pyrène

grotte
de niaux

A monumental sculpture

Massimiliano Fucksas's monumental sculpture

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One of the few decorated caves still open to the public

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Kitted out with a portable lamp, you go along the main gallery for 800 metres before you reach the “Salon Noir” (Black Chamber).

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05.61.05.10.10

parc de la
préhistoire

Become so skillful as Cro-Magnon!

Flint knapping, fire lighting, cave painting, hunting, archaeological digs,... several recreational and participative wokshops.

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It is the ideal complement to a visit to Niaux and Mas-d’Azil Caves

THE MUSEUM

RECREATIONAL AND PARTICIPATIVE WORKSHOPS

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“Le Bouquetin” restaurant offers you convivial surroundings and a wonderful view over the Prehistory Park’s lakes and waterfalls.

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05.61.05.10.10

grotte
du mas d'azil

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Mas d’Azil Cave is known the world over as a site that was occupied in prehistoric times by the Magdalenian and Azilian Man.

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Your ticket also gives you access to the Prehistory Museum where you can see reproductions of these drawings and engravings.

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05.61.05.10.10

château
de montségur

The emblematic site of Catharism

After a terrible 10-month siege, the castle’s garrison laid down their arms in the beginning of March 1244.

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Situated at an altitude of 1,207 m, Montségur Castle is built on a natural site, remarkably unspoilt and wild.

A word from the guide

The footpath

The Lévis-Mirepoix family’s castle

The Cathare settlement

Catharism

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By going on a guided tour you will be able to get a better idea of the structures that no longer exist today.

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05.61.01.06.94

château
de foix

A real fortified castle

The guided tour will allow you to discover the history of the castle over the centuries.

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Foix Castle is an Ariège’s emblematic site

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The museum

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Several different exhibitions in the castle

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05.61.05.10.10

bastide
de mirepoix

A Mediaeval New Town

In 1289, after a devastating flood, the regular layout of the Bastide towns was adopted for the reconstruction of this “New Town”.

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Mirepoix, a lovely mediaeval “New Town” built of wood and cob, will reveal itself to anyone who takes the time to approach it and plunge into its turbulent history….

The New Town

Historical reminders

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The holm oak that is thought to be nearly 800 years old, a listed Ancient Monument.

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05.61.68.83.76

cité
de saint-lizier

The Romanic convent of the Cathedral Saint-Lizier

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The Mediaeval wallet town of Saint-Lizier - designated "most beautiful village in France" - is a stopping place on St-James-Way

THE BISHOPS’ PALACE AND NOTRE-DAME-DE-LA-SÈDE CATHEDRAL

The Mediaeval walled town

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It was on this unique site overlooking the Walled Town of Saint-Lizier that the Bishops of Couserans built a sumptuous palace and a richly decorated cathedral.

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05.61.96.77.77

forges
de pyrène