Larressingle
Member of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France
Walls still ring the old core of Larressingle, a Gascon village where a ruined castle built between about 1250 and 1550 stands beside the church of Saint-Sigismond. It rises above vineyards that produce armagnac, in the Osse valley some 6 km west of Condom. The scallop shell on its coat of arms is a nod to the pilgrim route to Santiago de Compostela.
Highlights
- The ruined castle and its fortified enclosure, both listed monuments
- Church of Saint-Sigismond, listed in 1988
- Medieval siege machines among the village's sights
- The Pont d'Artigues and the Peneau dovecote
- Armagnac from the vineyards below the village
Text adapted from Wikipedia (Larressingle (FR), Larressingle (EN), Larressingle (IT)), Wikivoyage (Larressingle). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Population: 213
Things to see
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
- BajanaDishTraditional chestnut soup of the Cévennes
Adapted from Wikipedia (Cuisine occitane). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where to sleep
2 places to stay within 3 km
- Hotels 1
- B&Bs and guest houses 1
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Thermal baths nearby
- Thermal spa: Établissement Thermal de Castéra-Verduzan · ~26 min by car
- Thermal spa: Les Thermes de Lectoure · ~32 min by car
- Thermal spa: Barbotan-les-Thermes · ~37 min by car
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