Saint-Jean-et-Saint-Paul

• St. John of Alcas:

• The history of the village began in the eighth century with the construction of a small church. It was given in 1170 to the Cistercian Nonenque, with arable land. In the fourteenth century, when the English are a threat in Rouergue, the Abbess decided to strengthen the church and to raise a refuge. But in the fifteenth century, the church is no longer enough to protect all the villagers. Then the abbess hired a local architect to erect a fort small (62.5 meters by 37).
• Within the quadrangular defended by four small corner towers, parallel streets are lined with almost identical houses. This ordering of the fifteenth century is opposed to the usual disorder of alleys of the villages in the Middle Ages.
• The Church of the fort was built in the thirteenth century and enlarged in the fifteenth, with the construction of a new choir and two superimposed chapels. The church is like the Cistercian abbeys.

• St. Paul of Fonts:

• The first settlement of Saint Paul des Fonts date - 2500 BC with the famous "cave of vines" that gave its name to an entire civilization of Chalcolithic. Then the village that belonged to the King of France, and on which there were two castles (Roquetréboul and Annou) now extinct, lives to oppose the Templars, the villagers and the Cistercians in defense of their rights. More recently, some scientists renowned settled there. The botanist Hippolyte Coste - who published in 1906 the "descriptive and illustrated flora of France" and still authoritative - there was parish priest and mathematician Emile Borel there was a house. It is said that Marie Curie found refuge in the Langevin case.
• By visiting the village of Saint Paul des Fonts, you can walk the paths of the famous canon and visit the museum dedicated to him: Space Botany Hippolyte Coste.

The Saint-Jean and Saint-Paul reception point team offers activities throughout the year and particularly in summer:

• In July and August: creative workshops, visits to the fort at night.
• The last weekend of August: the votive festival.

Out of season:

• The Coste Days on botany.
• In September: European Heritage Days.

Saint-Jean d'Alcas is part of the tourist circuit "Larzac templar and hospitable", including other sites: The Couvertoirade, The Cavalry, Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon and Le Viala-du-Pas-de-Jaux.

The town is also located in the Regional Natural Park of Grands Causses. You can go hiking marked and discover the typical landscapes of the park.