Moirax, sur la route des pèlerins de Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle
At the gates of Agen, this small circuit follows the paths of the first foothills of the Gascony hills. The Garonne valley is exposed from the hillside of the castle of Lasboubées.
Of the Cluniac priory of Moirax, created in 1049 by Guillaume-Arnaud de Moirax, the cloister and the conventual buildings have disappeared. Only the church of Notre-Dame has survived. At the gates of Agen, this short circuit takes very shady paths along the Toumbade and Jorle streams which irrigate the first foothills of the Gascony hillsides. The Garonne valley can be seen from the hillside planted with vines, near the Piques dovecote and the Las Boubées castle. On this route, you may accompany pilgrims on their way to Compostela or walkers on the new Clunisien route linking the sites of this order, Moissac, Saint-Maurin, Layrac and Moirax.
