Day 8-- Les Plus Beaux Villages de France

Villefranche de Rouergue

Like the château in Najac, Villefranche de Rouergue was founded in 1252 by Alphonse de Poitiers, Count of Toulouse and brother of king Saint Louis.

It was only at the end of the 15th century, after more than 300 years of work, that the collegiate church was at last finished.

The town presents, on a large scale, the characteristic layout of new towns of the period, a grid of streets with a square in the centre where religious and public life was carried out.

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