In addition to its lapidary collection evoking the institutions, religious and commercial practices of Roman Narbonne, the Archaeological Museum has France’s best collection of Roman paintings . Primarily from the archaeological site of Clos de la L..

The High Gothic chancel was completed in 1332 but to continue it would have been necessary to demolish part of the ramparts, which at the time were still of use. Work stopped there and thus the cathedral is made up of an architecturally pure chancel ..

In the Corbières hinterland, the abbey buildings of Fontfroide were mainly erected in the 12C-13C and represent the apogee of the Cistercian style, enhanced by fine 20C stained-glass windows. The cloister is very elegant and the church is large y..

This keep with its bossed walls was built on the vestiges of a Gallo-Roman rampart that used to defend the heart of the town in Antiquity. Constructed at the end of the 13C, it confirmed episcopal force in the face of the viscounts housed on the othe..

The Archbishops' Palace was originally a modest ecclesiastical residence. It includes religious, civil and miltary buildings that were added down the centuries. It is essentially composed of three tall towers - a keep by Gilles-Aycelin , a lovely ex..

Housed in the former apartments of the archbishops, this museum of art and history contains a lovely collection of majolica pharmacy pots from Montpellier, and other examples from Narbonne, Montpellier and Marseille, plus several Flemish and Italian ..

The lapidary museum contains 1,300 antique writings, steles, lintels, busts, sarcophaguses, and enormous sculpted blocks. Most of the items come from the ramparts of the walled town and show the prestigious past of the former capital of Gaul in Narbo..

This basilica was built in the place of a Christian necropolis. It has a remarkably high chancel and early Christian crypt that were once part of a necropolis built at the time of Constantine that still contains six sarcophagae.

This is the busy centre of the town, dominated by the Archbishops’ Palace and its keep. Between Tour Saint-Martial and the Gilles-Aycelin keep stands the Hôtel de Ville, built by Viollet-le-Duc in a neo-Gothic style. On the square, note the section o..

Crossing Narbonne, this canal links Sallèles d'Aude to Port la Nouvelle. With its plane tree-lined banks and canal boat promenade, it is a pleasant place to take a stroll.

Between the street and the passage, this fortified thoroughfare with impressive walls separates the Palais Vieux from the Palais Neuf, and leads to Place de l'Hôtel de Ville and the cathedral cloister.

This bridge with its multicoloured painted façade is crossed by a busy pedestrianised shopping street that follows the ancient Via Domitia.

This 17C gunpowder house with its powerful buttresses today houses temporary exhibitions.

This former Roman warehouse has two galleries that are open to the public. They lead to small cells where merchandise was sorted. Ramps linked this warehouse to the forum market.

This church is said to stand on the site of the house where St Sebastian was born. Its Flamboyant Gothic style has been flanked by a Carmelite convent and cloister since the 17C. In the chapel of Sainte-Thérèse, there is a painting by Mignard.