Pamiers Cathedral

The original church, dating back to the 12th century, remains only part of the portal. The nave, rebuilt, was not fully completed until 1689.

The city of Pamiers, as well as the first church, were founded on the return from the crusade of Count Roger II of Foix. Installed on an ancient Roman castrum, the Church was built between 1170 and 1180. It nevertheless underwent the contradictory debate between Cathars and Catholics, the city being in the heart of Catharism, even defined as one of the foci of Catharism. It was rebuilt in the 14th century, on the remains of the first building. Religious wars ruined the building again, before it was rebuilt in 1603. Destroyed in 1621, a new reconstruction took place in 1630.

The Church of Our Lady of Vals is a semi-cave church on three levels, known for the Romanesque frescoes it contains, of great historical and artistic interest. The building is located on the Chemin du piÈmont Pyrénées, one of the most important secondary routes of the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. The construction of the building began in the tenth century, and was not completed until 1887. Archaeological excavations have made it possible to reveal traces of a previous occupation, going back to Antiquity or even Protohistory.