Saint-Lizier
A bishop's town with two cathedrals
A small medieval town on a hill above Saint-Girons with a Romanesque cathedral and cloister, a bishop's palace and an 18th-century pharmacy. Part of the pilgrim route to Santiago.
UNESCO World Heritage
Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
- World Heritage since
- 1998
- This site
- The cathedral, the cloister and the bishop's palace
71 churches, abbeys, bridges and hospices along the four French pilgrim routes to Santiago de Compostela, plus seven sections of the trail itself. Within the guide's area these include Saint-Sernin in Toulouse, the cathedrals of Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges, Saint-Lizier and Oloron, the Porte Saint-Jacques in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port and the abbeys of Moissac, Conques and Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert.
Visit: Walk a day stage on the GR 65 or GR 653 – the scallop shell shows the way. Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port is the starting point for most people walking the Camino Francés over the Pyrenees.
43.0028° N, 1.1375° E
Trails passing here
Nearby
- Le Mas-d'Azil19 km · The cave you drive straight through
Col de Péguère23 km · The Mur's steepest metres above Foix
Mont Valier23 km · The Couserans' legendary mountain
Col de Portet d'Aspet24 km · The memorial to Fabio Casartelli
Col de Port28 km · The col between Tarascon and Massat
Guzet28 km · Ustou, Couserans, Ariège- Aulus-les-Bains28 km · A spa village at the end of the valley
- Cascade d'Ars29 km · One of the most beautiful waterfalls in the Pyrenees