Saint-Béat: Hotels and accommodations
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The Église Saint-Privat is a Romanesque church from the 12th century and was listed as a historic monument in 1994.
Culture
Its church treasury includes polychrome wooden statues from the 12th and 16th centuries listed as historic monuments, reliquaries, numerous 16th-century goldsmith works, and richly embroidered vestments.
The Église Saint-Privat was built by Benedictines in 1120 to house a priory that no longer exists today.
The Festival du Marbre includes symposiums at which international sculptors work on blocks of marble before the eyes of the public, exhibitions featuring sculptures by more than fifteen artists, and workshops in ceramics, stone, marble, or bronze supervised by professional sculptors.
In Saint-Béat-Lez, there is the Circuit des sculptures, a freely accessible walking route through the village featuring around fifteen sculptures from the Festival du Marbre.
Moulin des Arts is a unique watermill from the 16th century that served as a grain mill until 1960.
Moulin des Arts is distinguished by a fountain made of white marble from Saint-Béat.
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History
The ruins and platform of the medieval castle in Saint-Béat-Lez are permanently open, while the tower is not open to the public for safety reasons.
The ruins of the medieval castle offer sweeping views of the village, the Garonne, and the mountains.
The ruins of the medieval castle in Saint-Béat-Lez include a seigneurial defensive tower built in the 12th century.
Nature
The Saint-Béat-Lez climbing site allows climbing in a very old marble quarry exploited by the Romans.
Lac de Géry is a recreational lake in the municipality of Saint-Béat-Lez.
Fishing, walks, picnics, and mini-golf are available at Lac de Géry.
A valid fishing permit for Haute-Garonne is required for fishing at Lac de Géry.
Geographical location
Saint-Béat-Lez can be reached from Toulouse by a direct TER-liO train on the Toulouse–Luchon route; Marignac-Saint-Béat station is about 2 km from the village.
To the higher-level travel overview: Haute-Garonne.
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