The present-day arcades were built in the 17C to replace the wooden covered ways destroyed by two fires. With pointed or rounded arches, the arcades form a dual thoroughfare. A morning market adds a note of colour to the square which, although unifor..

The museum is housed in the former bishops’ palace (1664). The 1st floor is devoted to Ingres , born in Montauban in 1780, while the 2nd floor has an excellent collection of primitives and paintings from the 14C to the 18C. The ground floor displays..

A classical building of vast proportions, it has an extremely deep chancel and, on the left side of the transept, the famous painting by Ingres, Le Voeu de Louis XIII . The façade has an imposing peristyle supporting the colossal statues of the four..

The partially covered Vieux palais passageway, next to the building decorated with caryatids, leads from the square and comes out at no 25 rue de la République, passing through the courtyards of two Renaissance-style houses.

This building features an interesting architectural composition in its pink brick portico with depressed arches.

This fortified church still bears the trace of cannonballs received during the 1632 siege. It became a cathedral in 1632 and kept this rank until 1739. The brick bell-tower, built on a square, machicolated tower, dates from the late 13C.

One of the residences in this street, the Hôtel Sermet-Deymie (late 18C), has an attractive entrance framed by four Doric columns

This residence boasts a fine brick doorway. In the courtyard of no 12, note the elegant wooden gallery supported by a stone colonnade.

This fine 17C building houses the Natural History Museum, which has a particularly rich ornithology collection with 4,000 birds, including exotic ones such as parrots, flycatchers and birds of paradise. Dioramas show four natural environments: a gard..

The museum houses particularly rich ornithology collections with 4 000 birds, including exotic birds such as parrots, flycatchers and birds of paradise. The paleontology section contains numerous vertebrae from the Tertiary Age.

As in his works in the Ingres Museum and in the Dying Centaur , Bourdelle reveals the full power of his work in this monument.

If you are tired, there is a café/restaurant in the square with a pleasant terrace offering an attractive view of the Old Bridge and the River Tarn.

This brick bridge was built in the early 14C by architects Étienne de Ferrières and Mathieu de Verdun. Its seven arches span the River Tarn for 205m. Like the Pont Valentré in Cahors from the same era, it was once fortified.