Saint-Nicolas-de-la-Grave
Saint -Nicolas -de- la-Grave is a commune in the Tarn- et- Garonne in the Midi-Pyrénées region and the capital of the eponymous canton of Saint -Nicolas -de- la- Grave.
Geography
The village with 2141 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) is located at the junction of the old province of Gascony, Guyenne and Quercy. From orchards and fields surrounded the village dominates the levels of the Garonne and the Sère. Built on the left bank of the Garonne - just two kilometers from the Tarnmündung - is the community that is served by the A62 motorway, 70 km from Toulouse, 32 km from Agen, 11 kilometers from Castelsarrasin and 8 km from Moissac.
History
Coat of arms
Blazon: " Azure, a silver dove with green olive branch in its beak. "
Demographics
Attractions
- The rectangular castle was ( in east -west orientation ) Château Richard Coeur de Lion with four corner towers and three blades from the late 11th, 12th and 13th century in the north of the town for the first time in 1135 in a deed between the abbot William of Moissac ( Guillaume de Moissac ), called the vice - Count Saxet of Lomagne and the Vice - Countess Sybille Auvillar. The north wing is from an earlier era. The east wing or " Englishman wings" ( l' aile des Anglais ) with the " Englishman tower" ( la tour des Anglais ) at the northeast corner is Richard I the Lionheart of England, the namesake of the castle, dedicated. He is said to have inhabited the castle during his campaign, 1185 in Quercy and causes the mentioned extensions. The West Wing with its two towers, the abbot of Moissac Bertrand of Montaigu and his successors built 1260-1295. The south side is open, today the three wings form a courtyard, the main walls around the castle disappeared in the 19th century. In 1791, the castle passed into the hands of local government. It now houses the mayor's office.
- The parish church of 1685 is located near the center and is held with its octagonal porch and the bell tower in the " Toulouse style ". The portal carries elements of the Renaissance. In the church is the grave of the Holy laying Ansbert of Rouen, a legendary abbot of Moissac.
- The chapel Notre Dame de Pitié or Notre -dame des Sept Douleurs ( Chapel " The Seven Sorrows of Mary " ) replaced its predecessor in 1836, which was destroyed during the revolutionary turmoil of 1793. She was a famous pilgrimage site of seafarers.
- The Lamothe- Cadillac Museum (Le musée Lamothe- Cadillac ) dedicated to the life of the adventurer Antoine Laumet.