Parcours découverte à Sorde-l'Abbaye

Sorde-l'Abbaye offers a very ancient historical heritage of a rare richness in Aquitaine. Sandwiched between a limestone hillside and the Gave d'Oloron, the site has developed in an advantageous geographical area. This territory, open to the Pyrenees and the plains of Aquitaine, has favoured the passage of men and animals. The human imprint is visible from prehistoric times to the present day: rock shelters from the Magdalenian period, Roman villas on the ancient road linking Bordeaux to Spain, a Benedictine abbey founded in the 10th century and listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO as part of the pilgrimage routes to Santiago de Compostela in France. The current town, surrounded by ramparts in the 13th century, was built around the abbey complex.