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- Lectoure’s pièces de résistance include its annual crop of potently fragrant cantaloupe melons, rose-pink garlic (comprising more than a third of France’s entire crop), and 20 pagan altars from the 2nd and 3rd centuries which are housed in its museum. Lectoure holds a fantastic farmer’s market every Friday.
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Lectoure lies in the heart of Gascony and of a gently undulating countryside with the airs of a French Tuscany. How can you appreciate the town without understanding its history that stretches back for millennia?
Lectoure is a “town of art and history”. From prehistoric times to the Gallo-Roman and medieval capital of the Lomagne its gentrification in the nineteenth century, its rich past can be read throughout its architectural heritage.
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Lectoure is classified as a recommended detour town (plus beau detour) Address: Lectoure, Condom, Midi-Pyrenees, 32700, France || GPS coordinates: latitude 43.935, longitude 0.6219
La Romieu Collegiale St Pierre (monuments on French pilgrim routes): heritage site (11 km)Jardin et arboretum de Coursiana: remarkable garden (11 km)Gramont Chateau: national monument (12 km)Blaziert: ville fleurie 4* (12 km)Regular market(s) are held in Lectoure each Friday. (Markets are held in the morning unless stated.) The French version of this page is at Lectoure (Francais)
Lectoure is a town on the Via Podiensis, one of the three major French arms of the Way of St. James. This route is followed by those making the pilgrimage from Le Puy by way of Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port to Santiago de Compostella in northwest Spain .
An old Gallo-Roman town, the main residence of the Counts of Armagnac in the Middle Ages and a former bishop's palace, the little town of Lectoure is located at the heart of Gers Lomagne and offers a rich heritage as a reminder of its glorious past.
The historical and cultural heritage of Lectoure has no equal. It is a city that will seduce you with the wealth of its monuments and museums, there is a lot to discover there. Lectoure is also a spa town, to relax after visiting the city. And to dress yourself, do not hesitate to visit the stores of products tinted with blue pastels in Lectoure!
