Grand Tour du Château de Lagarde
Description
Lagarde is an ancient walled village founded at the beginning of the XIVth century by the overlord of Mirepoix.
For more than half a millenium, the primitive fortified castle underwent numerous transformations. With the severity of a medieval fortress, the charm of a renaissance castle and the magnificence of a XVIIth century palace, the home of the Mirepoix Lévis reflects in its imposing ruins the evolution of high quality achitecture through the ages.
Lagarde and its castle remained at the very heart of Mirepoix's seigniory up until the Revolution.
Technical informations
5 km
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max. 384 m
min. 321 m
114 m
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Styles : BaladeDiscovery Public : FamilyOccasional hikers Theme : Patrimony | |||||||||||||
Altimetric profile
Starting point
Steps
Starting point
Take the lane to La Coume (yellow markers) to the left of the town hall.
Step 2
When you come to the D7, turn right, then left towards Mirepoix.
Step 3
After the last house in the hamlet of Parc, take the grassy path on the right between two planted fields. Carry on for 1.5 kilometres across the grove until you come to the GR7 (white and red markers).
Step 4
At the intersection with the GR7, keep going down the path on your right. You’ll now be able to see the pretty village of Roumengoux perched up on your left.
Step 5
After a downward slope, you’ll cross a tarmac road – keep going straight ahead along the path goind down to the river, for about another 1.5 kilometres. You’ll go through the Plaine de Magdelaine and the hamlet of Borde Neuve before coming back into Lagarde.
Additional information
To see
Plaine de Magdelaine :
The church of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine was said to be on the Plaine de Magdelaine. It is recorded from 943, but no archives make any mantion of it from the XVIth century. As of today it has disappeared completely.
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