Millau - Tourism

Tourism

• The glove museum
• The Jardin botanique des Causses, a botanical garden
• The Place du Maréchal Foch, a square with 12th century arcades, one of which carries the inscription Gara qué faras or Watch what you are doing
• Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Espinasse. This church allegedly once possessed a part of the Crown of Thorns, making it an important pilgrimage centre in the Middle Ages. The church was destroyed in 1582 but rebuilt in the 17th century. The frescoes from 1939 are by Jean Bernard, the stained-glass windows from 1984 by Claude Baillon.
• The Passage du Pozous is a 13th century fortified gateway
• The Belfry, a 12th century square tower topped by an octagonal 17th century tower on the place Emma Calvé
• Millau is the main centre in France for paragliding
• Micropolis; the city of insects, is at nearby Saint-Léons
• The medieval walled Knights Templar town of La Couvertoirade is nearby
• The nearby underground caves for Roquefort cheese production