La Romieu is a small municipality situated in the North of the department of the Gers, in Gascony. It is in 1082, of return of a pilgrimage in Rome, that two German monks decided on to stop and to create in these places a sauveté. In the XIVth century, Arnaud d' Aux de Lescout made build in his village a magnificent collegiate church. In the XIVth century, La Romieu became an ancient country-house and its square with arches is decorated with numerous stone cats today which, placed on the windows of houses, make live the legend of Angéline and her cats.
- The collégiate Church Saint-Pierre of La Romieu (the cloister, the towers) is today classified as World heritage of the Humanity by the UNECO and "Historic Monument". Its luxurious convent, its church with unique nave, and its two towers constitute an major jewel of the heritage gersois today. One of both towers contains moreover a treasure of architecture: a staircase with double revolution. It is opened to the visit all year long.
- On the municipality,you can also find a big private botanical park opened to the visit: the Gardens of Coursiana. This park is endowed with four gardens: an arboretum of 700 essences, one landscape gardens, a garden of healing, aromatic plants and in perfume and a kitchen garden.
- Finally the village also conceals numerous marvels. its square with arches, the Gothic fountain and its washhouse, of numerous churches today private propriétées, and the vestiges of the palace of the cardinal which are living houses today. Village was strengthened, it stays of very numerous tracks of its ancient configuration today (door the North, contraforts)
La Romieu is a city European stage on the Roads of Santiago de Compostela. In 1998, the Road Lectoure, The Romieu, Condom, is 33 km was classified in the world heritage of the humanity by the UNESCO. The road of Rocamadour (GR 652) and the road of Puy-en-Velay (GR 65) joins in Romieu.
