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Lectoure is a town on the Via Podiensis, one of the three major French arms of the Way of St. James. This route is followed by those making the pilgrimage from Le Puy by way of Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port to Santiago de Compostella in northwest Spain.
Lectoure is a small town in the Gers department of the Midi-Pyrenees, north of Fleurance and east of Condom. Once an important stopping point on the pilgrimage route to Saint Jacques de Compostelle, Lectoure is now visited for the surrounding Gascony countryside, foie gras and armagnac.
Thermal city, medieval city and gascon capital of the melon, Lectoure is rich of a plural and singular heritage. Stop on the way to Santiago de Compostela, this historic city is perched on a rocky spur surrounded by 3.2 kilometers of ramparts dominating the valley of the Gers.
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What to see and do in Lectoure. Today Lectoure is a beautifully re-defined, Neo-Classical, hilltop village with its one main street running east to west. Its cathedral, Saint-Gervais, which was rebuilt in 1488, stands as a sentinel at the east entrance of the village.
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La commune de Lectoure se situe dans le canton de Lectoure et dans l'arrondissement de Condom, dans la vallée du Gers. C'est la deuxième commune la plus vaste du département du Gers après Condom 2 . Elle se trouve en Lomagne à 22 km à l'est de Condom, à 35 km au sud d' Agen et 35 km au nord d' Auch.
Lectoure is a “town of art and history”. From prehistoric times to the Gallo-Roman and medieval capital of the Lomagne its gentrification in the nineteenth century, its rich past can be read throu ...
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