Church of Sainte-Germaine

Originally a small Gallo-Roman village built on the promontory of Montjoie and bordered by the Hourride and the Garonne, Cazères appears in history in medieval times. A first church was then erected there. Dependent successively on the house of Comminges then on the county of Toulouse, Cazères is in the 14th century under the house of Foix then directed by Gaston Phoebus. During this period, the town suffered unrest and wars that ravaged their region. Thus in 1355 the primitive church was destroyed by the English troops of the Black Prince. At the end of the 14th century, the construction of a new church was started, which would be named Notre-Dame and would be the patron saint of Sainte Quitterie. During the Revolution, it was mutilated and stripped of its arrows and chapels. It was not until 1888 that its façade was restored by the architect H. d'Espouy, who designed the two octagonal towers between which the Virgin of the Assumption stands.

13th century fortified church classified as a Historic Monument. Free visit of the exterior and interior architecture: description of the painting by the painter Girodet and Mise au Tombeau, an exceptional 15th century sculpture. The church contains a treasure room with reliquary busts and relics of Saint Jacques, as well as a collection of chasubles and a crypt.

The land belonged to the Abbey of Lezat and was given to the Order of the Hospital between 1120 and 1214. A bastide was created there in 1257 by Alfonso de Poitiers, to whom the Hospitallers ceded the high jurisdiction over this territory. 15th century building, restored in the 19th century, in which mural paintings from the 16th century were found.