Ancient Diocese of Lectoure, Lectoure

Name: Ancient Diocese of Lectoure
Address: Lectoure, France

#3 among attractions in Lectoure

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The former Catholic Diocese of Lectoure was in south-west France. It existed from the fourth century until the time of the French Revolution, when it was suppressed under the Concordat of 1801. Its see was Lectoure Cathedral. Lectoure is now a commune of Gers. ()

Local name: Diocèse de Lectoure Coordinates: 43°56'2"N, 0°37'24"E

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Ancient Diocese of Lectoure – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Lectoure Cathedral, Château de Terraube, Château de Sainte-Mère, Château de Lacassagne.

~160 ftE
Church
Lectoure Cathedral, Lectoure
1 min walk • Lectoure Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church in the town of Lectoure, France. It is a national monument. It was the seat of the former Diocese of Lectoure.
4.1 miSW
Forts and castles
Château de Terraube, Terraube
104 min walk • The Château de Terraube is a 13th-century castle in the commune of Terraube in the Gers département of France. This Gascon castle was built around 1272 for the de Galard family, Merovingian dukes of Gascony; a date on the doorway confirms this. The de Galards have owned the castle ever since.
5.4 miNE
Forts and castles
Château de Sainte-Mère
138 min walk • The Château de Sainte-Mère is a 13th-century ruined castle in the commune of Sainte-Mère in the Gers département of France. The castle was built at the time of the Treaty of Amiens by the Bishop of Lectoure, Géraud de Monlezun. It defended the frontier of the English possessions.
3.1 miNE
Forts and castles
Château de Lacassagne
80 min walk • The Château de Lacassagne is a château in the commune of Saint-Avit-Frandat in the Gers département of France. The Château de Lacassagne is thought to date from the latter half of the 15th century, with additions and alterations made in every century until the 19th.
~520 ftS
Fountain
Fontaine de Diane, Lectoure
3 min walk • The Diane fountain, formerly called Hountélie, sometimes Houndélie, francized as Fontélie, is a fountain located in the southern ramparts of the city of Lectoure.
5.5 miE
Forts and castles
Château de Plieux
142 min walk • The castle of Plieux, built in the XIVth century in Plieux is a castle of "Gascon type".
~940 ftE
Memorial
War Memorial, Lectoure
5 min walk • Monuments aux Morts are French war memorials established to commemorate the losses of World War I.
6.6 miSE
Memorial
War Memorial, Urdens
169 min walk • Monuments aux Morts are French war memorials established to commemorate the losses of World War I.
4 miSW
Memorial
War Memorial, Terraube
103 min walk • Monuments aux Morts are French war memorials established to commemorate the losses of World War I.
4.2 miW
Locality
Marsolan
108 min walk • Marsolan is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France.

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Which popular attractions are close to Ancient Diocese of Lectoure?

Nearby attractions include Lectoure Cathedral, Lectoure (1 min walk), Fontaine de Diane, Lectoure (3 min walk), War Memorial, Lectoure (5 min walk).