Auch Travel Guide

 hquittner Says:  The Pl. de la Liberation is just west of the Cathedral. and is the main thoroughfare of the upper town with the Hotel de Ville at its edge. On the north side of the Cathedral is the Prefecture which now is what was once the archiepiscopal palace which was built in the middle... 

 hquittner Says:  The most spectacular sight in Auch is the staircase that runs between the upper town near the Cathedral and the the lower town near the Gers River. Part way down there is a flat terrace containing a statue to d'Artgagnan, the town hero. Just a littke north of the stairs... 

 hquittner Says:  Another important item in the church occupies the axial royal chapel where the corner-stone of the church was set and which contains a "Mise en Tombeau". This sculpture is thought to have been created by Arnaud de Moles before starting on his stained glass windows (only a... 

 hquittner Says:  The enormous group of choir stalls was created between 1520 and 1554 by anonymous artists. Most were flamboyant Gothic but some were in later styles. In the early 17C they were enclosed on the east by a reredos. The seat backs each have a statue from the Bible starting with... 

 hquittner Says:  At the start of the 16C the work of Arnaud de Moles employs larger pieces of colored glass and usually achieves many shades of color in a single piece. The central sections are of human size figures and are clearly realistic persons with embellished features. Most stained... 

 hquittner Says:  The eighteen multiple paned stained glass windows fill the long choir outer edge. The series starts at the northwest end with a large pairing of Adam and Eve with the serpent between them. The set continues around the east end to the last of the set at the southwest edge of... 

 hquittner Says:  Arnaud de Moles was a master glazier from Gascony who created the 18 large lower level stained glass windows around the east chapels of the church. They were made between 1507-13 and are a set, but were only dedicated with the still incomplete church in 1549. Unlike earlier... 

 hquittner Says:  This is an examples of a late Flamboyant Gothic Cathedral started in 1489. The incomplete church was consecrated in 1548 by which time the famous stained glass windows and the choir stalls were in place and the church was used through the transept. The rest of the vessel was... 

 hquittner Says:  The Cathedral Sainte-Mairie d'Auch was begun in 1489 and completed in 1683. It is essentially flamboyant Gothic with some classic and baroque finishings. The church replaced an earlier Romanesque one which was destroyed by fire. The most famous elements of the church are a... 

 mke1963 Says:  Very little is known about 16th Century Gascon artist Arnaud de Moles yet he created one of the great artistic treasures of the Renaissance - the eighteen stained glass windows of Auch cathedral. The whole series, created in or around 1513, also has suspected hidden meanings... 

 grimbolero Says:  The square is the focal point of Auch, and around 3 sides are grouped the main municipal and historic buildings along with cafes. The fourth side is the imposing Cathedrale. 

 grimbolero Says:  The narrow streets of the old town are full of interesting and delightful shops, restaurants and bars.The main produce on display are Armagnac, fois gras, wine and cheese, but there are boutiques and card shops as well. 

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 Lady_Mystique Says:  A fantastic pastry shop with a small restaurant at the rear. We came here for lunch after our morning at the Cathedral of Saint Mary.The restaurant was nicely tucked away at the back of this establishment ...away from all the clamour out front where people were busy choosing... 

 Lady_Mystique Says:  I always like to look at a map before I go anywhere. I am sure most of you do too!!First, I like to see where exactly in the country a city is located, check all the modes of transportation that will get me there, and then purchase a map of the city or town of where I will... 

 Lady_Mystique Says:  For those who are not familiar with night markets, they are held in selected villages during the summer holidays and start at around 8 in the evening. There are stalls of all kinds but the main purpose of the evening is to eat out of doors at one of the restaurants set up...