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Saint Caprais Cathedral – Quai Georges Leygues loop from Agen

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Saint Caprais Cathedral – Quai Georges Leygues loop from Agen

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Saint Caprais Cathedral – Quai Georges Leygues loop from Agen

01:19

5.12km

20m

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Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 20, 2026

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753 m

Notre-Dame du Bourg Church (Notre-Dame de Grâce)

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A chapel was built near a Christian cemetery outside the first city wall. The current chapel was built at the end of the 13th century when it became a parish church under the name of Notre-Dame du Bourg. It was included in the second city wall of Agen.
In the 15th century, the initially square chevet was replaced by a polygonal apse.
On the night of December 1, 1561, the Protestant rulers of the city looted and burned Saint-Étienne Cathedral, the Saint-Caprais collegiate church, and Notre-Dame du Bourg. A report on the condition of the churches was then drawn up by the city authorities. The church was restored and enlarged by piercing the south wall to build a side aisle. The Bishop of Agen, Jules Mascaron, made it a place of devotion, which led to its second name, Notre-Dame de Grâce. Following a decree from Napoleon I, the cemetery was abolished in 1809.
The church was decorated with stained-glass windows created by Bordeaux master glassmaker Henri Feur in 1884.
The building was listed as a historic monument on February 22, 1926.

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Place des Laitiers

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Dairy workers, simply because that's where the merchants set up shop every morning to sell their milk in the city. Today, the Place des Laitiers is still the lively heart of the center of Agen and this is the place to be to drink your coffee and enjoy the observation of passers-by who come to shop. In the center of the square: a statue representing a pilgrim going to Santiago de Compostela, signed Toutain, a leading figure in the region! round

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1.15 km

Agen covered market

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Even in bad weather it is pleasant to shop here

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1.64 km

Saint-Caprais Cathedral

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The beautiful Cathedral of Agen is dedicated to St. Caprais dating back to the 11th century.

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1.88 km

Chapelle du Martrou

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The Martrou Chapel was built in the Romanesque period. The presence of these different sanctuaries made Agen a stop on a pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela. A Martyr's Hospital[ was built next to the Martrou Chapel, which became its chapel, near the Saint-Caprais collegiate church. A Saint-Jacques Hospital was founded in the second half of the 14th century and not in the 12th century[. In 1562, the different hospitals of Agen, Saint-Antoine, Saint-Georges, Saint-Michel and Saint-Jacques, were united at the Martyr's Hospital[]. The whole was called the Saint-Jacques-du-Martyre Hospital. This hospital was closed in 1819 after its merger with the General Hospital for the Poor, which then took the name Saint-Jacques Hospital, before becoming the Hôtel du Département de Lot-et-Garonne in 1992.
The Martrou Chapel was part of the Saint-Caprais collegiate church. It currently belongs to the Sainte-Foy church. It has undergone numerous alterations, from the Romanesque period to the 20th century. It was restored after the merger of the various hospitals of Agen, after 1563. A room was built above the nave, which served as a meeting place for the Grey Penitents.
The choir fresco was painted in 1934 by Giovanni Masutti, an Italian-born painter who had worked in other churches in the department. The Diocesan Association of Agen undertook the renovation of the Martrou Church (enhancement of the bell tower, improvement of the acoustics, heating, paving of the crypt, restoration of the façade, painting of the choir, lighting, and whitewashing of the interior walls) in 2007. It was given a non-religious, but rather cultural, purpose.
The current chapel consists of a rectangular, paneled nave and a choir with a semi-domed vault. Below is a crypt built in the 4th century by the first Christians of Agen, on the site where the bodies of the first martyrs were buried.
The building was listed as a historic monument on November 29, 1995.

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