Le Tour de Camon
Description
The fortified village of Camon, nestled in lush greenery is one of the most beautiful of Ariège.
This small walk with a breathtaking view of the vineyards against below allows you to discover its rich cultural and architectural heritage: enough to feed the head and legs.
Technical Information
Altimetric profile
Starting point
Steps
Starting point
From the village square, where you’ll find a well, a water pump and a stall for branding cattle, take the tarmac road towards Salvat (yellow markers), turning right in front of the bridge with your back to the village. Carry on for 600 metres.
Step 2
Just after the stone cross, take the path on the right.
Step 3
3) At the crossing a few metres further on, turn right ; you are now on the old railway line which you’ll follow for another 700 metres.
Additional information
To see
The Camon Bridge:
Bridge built at the entrance of the village on the road to Mirepoix, was built between 1897 and 1899. This work, which spans the Hers and measures nearly 100 meters in length, was used to pass the railroad line joining Lavelanet bram.
The Benedictine Abbey of Camon:
The Benedictine abbey of Camon existed in 923, before becoming, in the eleventh century, a priory dependent on the abbey of Lagrasse, in the Aude. It was destroyed at the same time as Mirepoix by the famous flood of 1289, and rebuilt before 1316. The luck of Camon was to have as prior, from 1502, Philippe de Lévis (son of the lord of Mirepoix), who rebuilt the priory and obtained from the pope that the relics of Saint-Félicien were transferred there. Henceforth, the Priory of Camon was to remain until the Revolution at the hands of the Lévis family.
Stall for branding cattle
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