Bastide de Sainte-Foy-la-Grande Towns and Villages in Sainte-Foy-la-Grande

It was the brother of Saint Louis who ordered the construction of the bastide in 1253, today one of the best preserved in France. Its church, built in the 13th century by the Templars, was in turn destroyed, rebuilt and enlarged, it has one of the highest spires in Aquitaine. It is pleasant to take its alleys, to stroll on its covered square.

The Tourist Office houses a museum of local archeology. The city has also dedicated a museum of inland waterways, evoking the wine trade transported on barges and couraux to Libourne on the Dordogne river, "the Espérance river". 12 km away, the Moustelat water mill, built in 1724, has been completely restored.