The best cycling routes around Tourtrès

This beautiful Voie Verte (Green Route), created in 2008, 2009 and 2010, connects Villeneuve-sur-Lot to Casseneuil. It follows the footprint of two old railway lines on the outskirts of Villeneuve-sur-Lot and at the entrance to Casseneuil. Between these two sections, it is a pretty path that was created along the stream "La Masse".

The first ashlar stone nave was built around the 13th century. The church then directly depended on the prestigious local Knights Templar commandery (called Le Temple-du-Breuil), later transferred to the Knights Hospitaller of Saint John of Jerusalem. (1572) In the midst of religious conflicts, the church suffered Huguenot vandalism. It was set on fire and partially destroyed by Protestant troops. (17th century) After remaining roofless for a long time, the church underwent significant restoration work during the 17th century. A large part of the walls was rebuilt and the brick bell tower was also rebuilt. The building was definitively deconsecrated and abandoned during the Revolution.

This beautiful Voie Verte (Greenway), created in 2008, 2009 and 2010, connects Villeneuve-sur-Lot to Casseneuil. It follows the footprint of two old railway lines on the outskirts of Villeneuve-sur-Lot and at the entrance to Casseneuil. Between these two sections, it is a pretty path that was created along the stream "La Masse".

The Château Solar is an unusual building of medieval origin. It has the unique characteristic in the region of featuring neo-Moorish style architecture and today serves as the Town Hall (Mairie) for the commune. A first fortified castle (castrum) belonged to the Castelmoron family from 1259. Dominating the Lot, it was dismantled in 1345 during the Hundred Years' War. In 1840, the estate was bought by Félix Solar (Aaron Euryale Solar), a wealthy journalist, businessman, and great collector from the village. In the 1850s, he decided to completely rebuild the residence in the Orientalist and neo-Moorish taste of the time. Its architecture was inspired by the splendors of the Alhambra in Granada and the mosque of Cordoba, embellished with wooden galleries, moucharabiehs, and balconies. In 1902, the municipality acquired the building to house the town hall services.

The current building has its roots in the former commandery of the Order of the Temple (then the Hospitallers). The commandery's chapel became the parish church. Rectangular building of Romanesque origin (12th century) with a bell wall. The church was largely rebuilt in the 16th century, reusing some walls of the former commandery, then modified and restored in the 19th century (notably in 1857 and 1895).

The Tour du Roy in Sainte-Livrade-sur-Lot, located in the Lot-et-Garonne department, is an old urban seigneurial fortified house built between the end of the 13th and the beginning of the 14th century. Listed as a Historic Monument since 1925, it is the only remaining vestige of the town's former medieval fortifications. Despite its name "Tour du Roy" (King's Tower), it initially belonged to a local lord and not to the crown. Local legend sometimes erroneously attributes it to Richard the Lionheart.

Perched more than 150 meters above the Lot Valley, the fortified town of Laparade offers a spectacular view from its belvedere and public garden. Founded in 1265 by Alphonse de Poitiers, it preserves traces of its defensive past: ramparts, moats, and ancient fortified gates.

The community, often referred to as the "Order of the Templars" for short, whose full name is "Poor Knights of Christ and of Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem", takes us back to the 13th century. Founded in the Holy Land, it spread surprisingly quickly with numerous branches in many countries in Central Europe. The order gained notoriety through the fact that it was dissolved in 1312 by the French king and the pope and its members were accused of being heretics. The main reason for the dissolution, however, was not the human and religious misconduct (heresy) of the members, which was merely a pretext, but the legendary wealth of this order. King Philip IV of France (1268 to 1314) wanted to use this measure primarily to improve his coffers and secure its treasures.