What to See in Auch - Top Sights and Attractions

Cathedral in Auch, France. Auch Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church located in the town of Auch in the Midi-Pyrénées, France. It is a national monument, and is the seat of the Archbishopric of Auch. Under the Concordat of 1801, the ecclesiastical office was dissolved and annexed to the Diocese of Agen, but re-established in 1822. It was granted the status of a basilica minor on 25 April 1928. The cathedral contains a suite of 18 Renaissance stained glass windows by Arnaud de Moles.

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Museum in Auch, France. The Musée des Amériques, formerly known as the Musée des Jacobins, is the town museum in Auch, the capital of the Gers department in France. It is located in the old city between the riverbank and the Cathédrale Sainte-Marie d'Auch. It houses France's second biggest collection of Pre-Columbian art after the quai Branly, with which it has collaborated for many years. The museum garden is a 1600 square metre parc à la française containing plants brought back from the Americas by the Conquistadors.^[2]

The Château de Herrebouc is a castle in the commune of Saint-Jean-Poutge in the Gers département of France.

Though an older building, the present look of the castle is the result of a major campaign of construction work at the start of the 17th century. On the ground floor, the 17th century ceiling is partially conserved. The farm buildings date from this period. The pigeon loft is characteristic of the architecture of the time of Henri IV (reigned 1589 to 1610). The wine cellar is probably a later structure.

The mill retains an intact medieval base. Medieval walls are also visible in the buildings of the farm.

It has been listed since 1926 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.^[3]

The castle of Lavardens is a castle built in the 17th century, on the site of an old medieval fortress established at the highest point of the commune of Lavardens.

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