Castres

CASTRES, on the path
of Saint Jacques de Compostella

Castres (70 km from Toulouse), birthplace of Jean Jaurès, located on the doors of the Regional Natural Park of Haut Languedoc is a historic city, rich in history dating back to the XVI century.

Le Quai des Jacobains, from the Pont Neuf, offers views of the houses along the river Agout.
The homes are of former weavers and dyers in the Middle Ages.

Walk along the river and discover the city from another angle.

In the old Castres, enjoy mansions built in the seventeenth, do not miss the city center houses the edge of the Agout, place Jean Jaurès and its facades treated, the gardens of the diocese designed by Le Nôtre, Goya Museum, the Cathedral of St Benedict which dates from the ninth century and the Museum Jean Jaurès.