Saint-Côme-d’Olt is a commune in the Aveyron department (Occitania, France, Massif Central). It is one of the Les Plus Beaux Villages de France (most beautiful villages of France).
Saint-Côme-d’Olt is located on the Le Puy route of the Way of St. James.
Main attractions
The village retains an ancient core, whose ramparts, now integrated into the houses and encircled by a small circular boulevard, have retained two of their three fortified gates, the Porte Neuve and the Porte Théron.
Notable buildings include the house of the consul of Rodelle, the Dufau house and that of Pons de Caylus, with its medieval tower. Until 1789, local justice was dispensed in the former Palais du Greffe, located within the town’s old fortifications.
Civil buildings
The former château, now the town hall, has been listed as a historic monument since 1999 for its facades, roofs and corner towers.
The bridge over the Lot river still has its 16th-century piers.
Religious buildings
The facades and roofs of the Penitent Chapel, or former Saint-Pierre de Boisse church, have been classified as a historic monument since 1995, the rest of the building being registered since 1991.
The Saint-Côme-et-Saint-Damien church has been listed as historic monuments since 1927.
To the northeast of the town, on the edge of the departmental road 987, the convent of Malet welcomed since the 12th century pilgrims on the road Santiago de Compostela.
Ouradou is an oratory erected after the end of the plague of 1586.
How to get to?
From Paris: 7 hr 9 min (584 km) via A77
From Toulouse: 2 hr 16 min (183 km) via A68 and N88
From Andorra: 4 hr 32 min (362 km) via N88
From Barcelona: 4 hr 57 min (470 km) via AP-7, A9 and A75
From Madrid: 10 hr 21 min (896 km) via A-2
From Monaco: 5 hr 34 min (530 km) via A8
From Moscow: 34 hr (3,297 km) via E30/M1
From Belgrade: 17 hr 18 min (1,708 km) via E70 and A4
From Istanbul: 28 hr (2,657 km) via A4
From Bern: 6 hr 40 min (661 km) via A1
Main information
Area: 30 km2
Population: 1437
Coordinates: 44°30′59″N 2°48′55″E
Language: French
Currency: Euro
Visa: Schengen
Time: Central European UTC +1
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