Founded in 1320, the bastide of Montégut still offers beautiful half-timbered and brickwork facades, and the church of Saint-Laurent, with its imposing polygonal bell tower. On the occasion of its 101st anniversary, Montégut organizes its first medieval market on August 7th.
On the borders of the Landes and the Gers, the small bastide of Montégut slumbers between vineyards and sunflower fields. In 1320, Guilhem de Montaigut, seneschal of Gascony for the King of England, founded the bastide “Monte Acuto”. During the 14th and 15th centuries the town was destroyed several times and the number of its inhabitants could be counted on the fingers of one hand. Today, it still offers beautiful half-timbered and brick facades: the La Salle house, known as the Governor’s house (17th century), the Lo Campané house… The Saint-Laurent church has an imposing polygonal bell tower. While strolling through the streets, small unusual details catch your eye: the door of the master of the Forges and its painted motifs, the work of shoeing the horses. On the occasion of its 101st anniversary Montégut organizes on August 7th its first medieval market.
