Cabrerets is a commune in the south of the Lot departement, in the Occitania region (France, Massif Central). It is also on the Causse de Gramat, the largest of the four Causses du Quercy. Exposed to an altered oceanic climate, it is drained by the Célé,…

Pech Merle is a cave which opens onto a hillside at Cabrerets in the Lot departement of the Occitania region in France (Massif Central), about 32 km by road east of Cahors. It is one of the few prehistoric cave painting sites in France that remain open to…

Château de Geniez, Géniez or Géniès, is a castle in Sauliac-sur-Célé, Lot department, Occitania, France (Massif Central). According to A. Foissac, in 1234, the castrum de Géniès was entrusted to the Géniès family by a Cardaillac baron de Saint-Cirq, who owed…

The Château d’Assier is located in Assier, in the Lot department of Occitania, France (Massif Central). Built between 1518 and 1535, the château was commissioned by Jacques Galiot de Genouillac (1465–1546), Grand Squire of France under King François I. The…

Lacapelle-Marival (Occitan: La madra Marival) is a commune in the eastern part of the Lot department of Occitania, France (Massif Central), in the ancient province of Quercy. It is also in the Limargue, a natural region occupying a green depression between…

Cardaillac (in Occitan Cardalhac) is a commune in the east of the Lot département in the Occitania region, France (Massif Central). It is also in the Limargue, a natural region occupying a green depression between the Causses du Quercy and the Ségala Quercynois.…

Figeac is a commune, sub-prefecture of the Lot department in the Occitania region, France (Massif Central). It is also located on the Causse de Gramat, the largest of the four Quercy Causses. Exposed to an altered oceanic climate, it is drained by the Célé…

Capdenac, sometimes unofficially called Capdenac-le-Haut, is a commune in the east of the Lot department, in the Occitania region, France (Massif Central). It is part of the Figeac conurbation and the Figeac catchment area. Its inhabitants are called Capdenacois…

Grotte de Foissac is a Chalcolithic archaeological site and an Upper Palaeolithic cave. The site has been classified as a historic monument. It is located in the Lot valley, in the commune of Foissac in the department of Aveyron, in the Occitania region (France…

Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val, known as Libre-Val during the French Revolution, is a commune in the northeastern part of the Tarn-et-Garonne department, in the Occitania region (France, Massif Central). Geologically, historically and culturally, it lies on the…

Varen is a commune in the north-east of the Tarn-et-Garonne department, in the Occitania region (France, Massif Central). Geologically, historically and culturally, it lies on the Causse de Caylus, south of the Causse de Limogne, at the crossroads of Quercy…

The Aveyron (in Occitan Avairon) (not to be confused with a small river in Loiret, also named Aveyron) is a 291 km long river in southern France, in the Occitania region, which flows through the departments of Aveyron, Tarn and Tarn-et-Garonne. It is a right…

Najac is a commune in the Aveyron department in the Occitania region in southern France, Massif Central. Najac village is set along a ridge above a bend in the river Aveyron. In the earlier part of the 20th century the village had around 2,000 people but…

Villefranche-de-Rouergue is a commune located in the Aveyron department, of which it is the sub-prefecture, in the Occitania region in southern France, Massif Central. The town has been awarded the “Grand Site d’Occitanie” label, as well as the “Ville d’art…

Château de Graves is located in Graves, on the outskirts of Villefranche-de-Rouergue, in the Aveyron department of the Occitania region in southern France, Massif Central. Château de Graves was built between 1543 and 1555 by Jean Imbert Dardenne, a wealthy…

Château de la Reine Margot (Château de Saint-Projet) is located in Saint-Projet, Tarn-et-Garonne department of the Occitania region in southern France, Massif Central. This château was built on a Gallo-Roman tumulus at the end of the 13th century. During…

Loc-Dieu Abbey is a Cistercian abbey located near Martiel, 9 km west from Villefranche-de-Rouergue, in the department of Aveyron, Occitania, in southern France, Massif Central. Founded in 1123 in a place formerly called Locus Diaboli (Latin for “devil’s place”)…

Caylus, formerly Caylus-Bonnette, is a commune in the north-east of the Tarn-et-Garonne department, in the Occitania region in southern France, Massif Central. Geologically, historically and culturally, it lies on the Causse de Caylus, south of the Causse…

Villeneuve, sometimes known as Villeneuve-d’Aveyron, is a commune located in the Aveyron department, in the Occitania region of southwestern France (Massif Central), at an altitude of 410 meters. It covers more than 6,500 hectares. The village stands on the…

Saint-Sépulcre de Villeneuve is a church in Villeneuve, France. The church is located in the department of Aveyron, Occitania (Massif Central). The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Villeneuve d’Aveyron was founded in 1073. It was the result of a vow made by…

Montricoux is a commune in the eastern part of the Tarn-et-Garonne department, in the Occitania region, France (Massif Central). Geologically, historically and culturally, the commune lies on the Causse de Caylus, south of the Causse de Limogne, occupying…