With its three machicolated towers, crenellated parapets and pointed cutwaters alternating with seven pointed arches, this magnificent bridge is a bold and elegant masterpiece of medieval military architecture and has become a symbol for the city!

Decorated with mural paintings of the 15 and 16 C, this chapel today houses the cathedral treasure separated from it by the cloister.

In this region which has been long disrupted by war, it is not surprising that many have dreamed of fortifying the cathedral. But it is above all one of the premier domed churches in Aquitaine - well worth seeing (two domes, 18 and 32 metres in heigh..

From the orientation table there is a lovely view of Cahors and the green artery of boulevard Gambetta that clearly separates the new quarter and the old. The silhouette of Pont Valentré bridge stands in the background.

An elegant guard house which used to protect the Barre gate, the Barbican with St John's Tower, built on a rock looking over the river and today called the « Hanging tower» is one of the last remnants of the Ramparts which used to close off the Lot i..

You will find an agreeable view over the Causse, the deep valley of the Lot River, the town of Cahors and the Valentré Bridge.

This road offers beautiful views over the city, with the old quarter appearing in amphitheatre-style tiers with steeples, crenellated towers and, of course, Pont Valentré bridge.

Note the 16C dwelling at no40, which boasts an attractive Renaissance facade with sculpted casement windows, inspired by the Italian style.

This narrow street lined with brick, half-timbered and corbelled houses has retained the appearance of a medieval alley. It leads into place St Priest where there is an attractive exterior wooden Louis XIII staircase at no18.

Badernes is Cahors’s shopping district. Rue Nationale is the main thoroughfare and at no116 there is a beautiful 17C door with panels decorated with fruit and vegetables.

No35 features High Gothic windows. The 14C and 16C house at no117 has retained its original workshop, plus elegant twin Gothic windows at first-floor level. At the end of the street there are pretty, newly-restored brick and half-timbered houses.

Just past Saint-Urcisse church (late 12C), the house at no68, which dates from the first half of the 13C, has an open gallery under its roof known as a soleilho that was once used as a clothes drying area.

A 14C doorway leads into this late 12C church. Inside, the two choir pillars are decorated with historiated capitals.

You'll see here a number of old dwellings, forming an attractive group : the Dolive house (12 C) the Heretié house (14 and 16 C) and the house called the Bourreau, recognisable by its columned windows (13 C).

The Maison de Roaldes is known as Henry IV’s house because the King of Navarre is said to have stayed here during the siege of 1580. Built at the end of the 15C and restored in 1912, it is named after a wealthy family from the Quercy. The rooms, re..

From this bridge, which is also known as Pont-Neuf, there is a beautiful view of Soubirous, the upper district of Cahors: the Tour des Pendus (tower of the hanged), the clock tower of Saint-Barthélémy church as well as the Jean XXII, Château du Roi..

Located in the former bishop’s palace, the museum displays 17 works by the Pointillist painter Henri Martin (1860-1943). The other bequest concerns the public life and works of the father of the French Republic, Léon Gambetta. Quality temporary exhib..

When this college first opened in 1368, it welcomed 13 poor students attending the university. It was one of the most important establishments in Cahors until the 18C. It is crowned by a beautiful 15C hexagonal tower.

This square decorated with mural paintings and a lively musical fountain was created after buildings unfit for habitation were demolished during the renovation of the quarter.

The Château du Roi, built in the 14C, used to have two towers and two main buildings. All that remains today is an imposing tower called the Tour du Château du Roi (king’s castle tower). The governors gave way to offenders, and their residence became..