Monestiés

At the bend of the river, on the way to Saint Jacques de Compostela, the village appears surrounded by the Strings, walks occupying the former location of ditches and ramparts. At its heart, the houses clustered around the church of Saint Peter.

In the first half of the tenth century, the Shrine and its surroundings are given Déodat, abbot of Saint Salvy, College of Albi by Louis IV overseas territories. The village name "Monestario" appears for the first time in the texts. He recalls this monastic affiliation, perhaps the existence of a small monastery could have been built to house a few monks in charge of worship. But the occupation of the site is even older: 600 meters from the village, an oppidum established at the confluence of Cérou Ceret and shows that the iron age, men were already living in the valley. A few centuries later, they will leave the heights to settle on the site, near the Roman road linking Rodez in Toulouse.

Strolling in the village, walks in the surrounding countryside allow to find these traces of past and discover the richness, the variety of landscapes of this region and Causse Ségala Rouergat meet.

The Bajen-Vega museum: on the Town Hall Square, a former home, resort bishop in the eighteenth century, donated to the municipality by the painter Francisco Bajén, houses a collection of paintings illuminated red Francisco Bajen (nicknamed " the painter of silence ") and marked for black Martine Vega (nicknamed the" tamer colors "). Paintings presented different themes renewed every year to which is added an original temporary exhibition. One room is also dedicated to archeology.
The St. Peter's Church: built in 1550 on the remains of a Romanesque church, it belongs to the Southern Gothic buildings Group (bedside to 5 sections, 3 bays and 5 side chapels between the buttresses).
The streets of Monestiés: old houses and timbered corbelled mostly date from the late Middle Ages, the Renaissance and some of the seventeenth century.
The Saint-Jacques chapel on the road from Rodez to Saint Jacques de Compostela, near the Porta del Castel, was a small "hospital" St. Jacques hospital. A single room housed the sick, served as a place of worship, dormitory, dining hall for guests, pilgrims. She also served as directors' meetings. The contribution of a relic of the True Cross in 1761, involves the transformation. Completed in 1774, this new building received the decoration of the Episcopal chapel Combefa. In 1776 the sacristy it is associated with. It is a monument to the very simple lines surmounted by a bell tower housing a bell.
The statuary Monestiés (in the chapel Saint-Jacques): this set consists of 20 life-size statues in polychrome limestone, dating from 1490, represents the last three episodes of the Passion of Christ: the Crucifixion, the Pieta and Commissioning the Tomb.

Information points	Tourist Office of Monestiés

Gourmet summer market of Monestiés in a pleasant and shady setting every Thursday in July and August, local producers' market, local crafts, on-site catering, refreshment bar and concert, every Thursday from 5:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Multiple highlights animate the medieval city: various exhibitions, flea markets, French song festival, local festivals, local market...
June: seamstress flea market, donkey festival.
July/August: art exhibitions.
December: Christmas market.