Le Malzieu-Ville

Member of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France

Szeder LászlóFR-48-Malzieu14 CC BY-SA 4.0
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Combraille63Chapelle St Vincent CC BY-SA 4.0
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CalipsFrance Occitanie 48 Le Malzieu Ville 03 CC BY-SA 3.0
MOSSOTLe Malzieu-Ville - Couvent des Ursulines -110 CC BY 3.0
MOSSOTLe Malzieu-Ville - Maison Lestang -104 CC BY 3.0
MOSSOTLe Malzieu-Ville - Place de la Vierge -112 CC BY 3.0
MOSSOTLe Malzieu-Ville - Place du Marché -092 CC BY 3.0
MOSSOTLe Malzieu-Ville - Remparts et trou de Merle -087 CC BY 3.0
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Medieval ramparts, now protected, are the mark of Le Malzieu-Ville, a mountain town on the Truyère in the old Gévaudan country of northern Lozère. Besides the walls and the church, the town has a leisure park along the river. General Louis d'Aurelle de Paladines was born here in 1804.

Highlights

The listed medieval ramparts
The town church
Leisure park along the river Truyère
Birthplace of General Louis d'Aurelle de Paladines (FR)

Text adapted from Wikipedia (Le Malzieu-Ville (FR), Le Malzieu-Ville (EN), Le Malzieu-Ville (IT)). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Population: 745

Things to see

Maison Lestang (FR)
Église Saint-Hippolyte du Malzieu-Ville (FR)

Specialities of Occitania

Typical of the region rather than of this village.

Petit pâté de NîmesBread and pasta
Arnaud 25Soupe de poisson à la setoise 1 CC BY-SA 4.0
Fish soup of SèteDishFish cooked with vegetables, white wine and olive oil, served with rouille croutons
traafPain paillasse de Lodève tranché CC BY-SA 2.0
Pain paillasse de LodèveBread and pasta
Seph SwainTourin CC BY 2.0
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