La Garde-Guérin

Member of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France

In the 12th century the bishop of Mende turned this spot on the Régordane road into a guarded border post, run by a fellowship of knights called the pariers who guarded travellers and collected tolls. The fortified village, beside the Chassezac in the commune of Prévenchères, keeps its paved lanes, a square keep and a Romanesque church. Only about a dozen people live here all year.

Highlights

The 12th-century tower, a 21.5-metre square keep with rusticated stone
The Romanesque church of Saint-Michel, with richly carved capitals
A 15th-century gilded wooden statue of Saint Michael
The Chemin de Régordane (GR 700), walked through the village
Houses with mullioned windows and coats of arms dated 1597

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Specialities of Occitania

Typical of the region rather than of this village.

Petit pâté de NîmesBread and pasta
Fish soup of SèteDishFish cooked with vegetables, white wine and olive oil, served with rouille croutons
Pain paillasse de LodèveBread and pasta
TourinDishGarlic soup typical of the Dordogne and the Toulouse area
MilhàsDishMaize or millet flour porridge, set and often grilled, eaten in Languedoc
BajanaDishTraditional chestnut soup of the Cévennes