Discover Foix

foix castel

 Guided tour of the Foix castle, (Xe - XVe century)

visit of the historical center

 What to see : Alleys of villote
 the Saint-Vincent place
 the place of Mercadal-Dutilh
 the place of May 8th
 place of Labistour
 L'église SAINT-VOLUSIEN and its place.
 The public garden of l'Arget
 Street of the Large-dukes & Rock of Foix (many caves bored in the rock of the castle)
 the Saint-Jacques vault
 the Bridge of Saint-Girons
 the vault Our-Lady of Montgauzy

Discover the pyrene forging mills

 On a 5 hectares area in Montgailhard, next to Foix, discover the largest collection of the old jobs.

 Visit the St Jean de Verges church : This building can be regarded as a Roman Ariège jewel.
  With the surroundings, tour of Loubières : On the slope, cave of Bourrut and Calvaire. Castle of XIIème century.

Cross of the saint saver

 What to see, Cross of the Saint Saver (600m), overhanging the town of Foix.

 Although it escaped dismantling during the sixteenth-century Wars of Religion – "too big" was the report to the future king, Henri de Navarre – the castle is now comprehensively ruined, but worth a look all the same. The church above has a distinctive squat, square bell-tower, with a double layer of arches on each face. The cornice comes back to the base of the valley at Bompas, 3km north of Tarascon on the road to Foix.

 What to see, Labistour and Faurie street. Two old wooden side houses are situated N°36 & 37 of Labistour street, and further down Faurie street at N°23, you'll be estonished by a beautiful comtale crown carved flowering ash the with dimensions one of the Door (registered site). Street of the Merchants the street of Montelha is with the Middle Ages one of richest of Foix. Near Saint-Volusien and place of the Market, it shelters the communal and provincial capacity with l'Hôtel of City, the Court of Justice Consulaire and the States of the County of Foix.