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Inheritance
Beaupuy
- Beaupuy Lake
- Broad panorama on Marmande and the valley of the Garonne
- Tower of Aspe "old mill".
- Church of XIIIth century (remade in XVIth century) sheltering
a beautiful wooden furnace bridge Renaissance
- Town hall: occupy a XVII century old castle
- Source of Maubin and its ancient laundry
Calonges
- Castle
- Market
- Two half-timbered houses of XVIIth century
- Church St Martin de Calonges (with classified bell)
- Laundrette and the forest.
Caumont on the Garonne
- Based in 1623 on order of Louis XIII, which is the same
year of the destruction of the old strengthened city (the
materials of the disappeared city will be used for construction
of the borough).
- current Village established on a regular square (beautiful
example of new city).
- Old City: located on an exceptional hillock with pagan temple,
Gallo-Roman tombs, merovingian villa, castelnau, citadel.
- Vault of the Cemetery of Caumont: built at the site of the
martyrdom of Saint-Vincent, large deacon of Gaules in IIIrd
century. It was partially destroyed during the wars of religion.
- Shackle of " the key " :formerly important river
port of the gallo Roman city of ussubium called the disappeared
city because of having lived only 300 years.
- Tumulus of "Guillemont": Gallic burial and feudal
mound dominating the old river port.
- Site of Saint Martin's day of Lesques with its church (rebuilt
in 1778) and its cemetery: built on a platform elevated up
to 2 meters made up of ancient substructins.
Cocumont
- Old church: located behind the Cellar of Cocumont, it is
a small jewel of the Roman art dating from the end of XIth
century. It was built on a soft eminence dominating the picturesque
small valley of Bécot and the landscapes of the vineyards.
It is entirely surrounded by a cemetery in which one can still
find burials of the Carolingian time.
- Church Saint-Jean the Baptist with porch capitals and apse
in bottom of furnace.
- Church of Goutz of XIIthcentury
Couthures sur Garonne
- Typical village of the edges of the Garonne.
- An important fishing port and shelter the last company of
commercial fishing
- Place church (beautiful building of neoroman style) offering
a pretty panorama on the Garonne
Fauguerolles
- Lake
-Tower of Arago (private).
-Fourques on the Garonne
-Church of Fourques of 1850 sheltering a statue of Notre Dame
of Pity. Its roof is decorated with a virgin facing the Garonne.
According to the legend, it protects the population from the
devastating raw of the river Nautical halt, -House of tourism
-Stele in edge of the Channel reporting the memory of the marines,
killed in the accident of the boat "the Gascon" at
the beginning of the century.
Gaujac
- Church of the XVIIIth century
-Mill of Cantecort.
-River of the Advance
-Mill of the Bridge.
Grateloup
- Landscapes of slopes
- Church of St-Gayrand dating back to XIIth century
- Mill of Gorry. Jusix
- The church of St-Jean-Baptist going back to 1820.
- Typical landscapes of the Valley of Garonne.
Lagruère
Natural site of character
- Nautical halt
- Small scientist forest: educational course to the discovery
of flora Marcellus
- Castle of Marcellus (private).
- merovingian Necropolis .
Marmande
With the charm, the spirit, the accent... Marmande is collected
in its cloisters, ardent in its gardens and its theatres,
laughing and friendly in its coffees.
With simplicity, friendship, plume... Marmande is Lot and
garonnaise, girl of the south and memory of Aquitaine. WithTruth,
talent, intelligence... Marmande, so commercial, is capital
the one of the biggest vegetable gardens of France with, as
a product leader, that is very famous "the tomato of
Marmande".
A colourful inheritance, more than 900 years of uninterrupted
history...
Vault Saint Benoit; Jewels of the classic and baroque art,
floret of the marmandian inheritance. Its painted ceiling
is single in Aquitaine
Notre Dame of Marmande of XIIIth century: Gothic church sheltering
an organ knight, classified as a historic building
Historical mosaic polychrome work realized by the Workshop
Act' Art. It is located on the part of the old ramparts broken
down following a landslide. It is made up of 640 000 tesselles
and covers 250 m2 of surface. the Mosaic evoke the 6 outstanding
episodes of the history of the city
Street Labat in the center of the old suburb of Marmande (XIIIth
century). the half-timbered and corbelling houses revive to
us the medieval past of this city
Street Toupinerie.
Place of the nine fountains (fountain of Europe,Statue of
Apple of Love, poetic name of the famous tomato of Marmande).
Street of the adouberies.
Ramparts of XIIIth century
Cloister of XVIth century and its gardens of topiary art.
For making well knowledge with the historical inheritance
of Marmande, it is advisable to take the circuit "Discovery
of the old man Marmande", only or accompanied by a guide
(guided tour on request at the office of tourism of Marmande).
Pastoral churches of Marmande: Thivras, end XVIIth Beyssac,
XIXeth Madeleine, XVIIIth Century Granon, XVIIth Century Bouilhats,
XVIIIth Century
Garrigues, XIIIth and XVIth century Coussan, XVth century
and XVIth century. Guided tour of the town of Marmande (Information
near the Office of Tourism of Marmande to the 05 53 64 44
44).

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