Autoire

Member of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France

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In the 17th and 18th centuries, notables from Saint-Céré built manors and country houses around Autoire, earning it the nickname 'Petit Versailles'. The village lies in a cirque at the foot of limestone cliffs, where a stream drops about 30 metres in a waterfall just above the houses. Within the cirque, the ruined Château des Anglais is reached by a stairway.

Highlights

The cirque of Autoire and its 30-metre waterfall
Ruins of the Château des Anglais, seized in the Hundred Years War
Romanesque church of Saint-Pierre, from the 11th century
Château de Limargue, a 15th-century manor

Text adapted from Wikipedia (Autoire (FR), Autoire (EN), Autoire (IT)), Wikivoyage (Autoire). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Population: 376

Things to see

Château de Busqueilles (FR)
Saint Roch chapel in Autoire (FR)
Town hall, Autoire (FR)
Église Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul d'Autoire (FR)

Specialities of Occitania

Typical of the region rather than of this village.

Petit pâté de NîmesBread and pasta
Arnaud 25Soupe de poisson à la setoise 1 CC BY-SA 4.0
Fish soup of SèteDishFish cooked with vegetables, white wine and olive oil, served with rouille croutons
traafPain paillasse de Lodève tranché CC BY-SA 2.0
Pain paillasse de LodèveBread and pasta
Seph SwainTourin CC BY 2.0
TourinDishGarlic soup typical of the Dordogne and the Toulouse area
MilhàsDishMaize or millet flour porridge, set and often grilled, eaten in Languedoc
BajanaDishTraditional chestnut soup of the Cévennes