Understand
[edit]Historically, Minerve has been the capital of the Minervois wine region.
Minerve is a small village perched on a rocky outcrop, a true natural oppidum formed by the canyons of the two rivers which converge here: the Cesse and its tributary the Briant (or Brian). Two natural tunnels, the "Pont Grand", 228 m long and varying in height from 6 m to 28 m (at the entrance), and the "Pont Petit", located upstream of the Cesse, 126 m long and with an average height of 15 m , are among the most beautiful geological sites in the Hérault.
Get in
[edit]Get around
[edit]See
[edit]- Candela — castle wall, 13th century
- Main bridge
- The ramparts.
- 1 Saint-Étienne church. from the 11th and 12th centuries and its altar
- The so-called “Templars” gate, rue des Martyrs.
- The barbican.
- The low door (late 13th century) and the prison tower.
- The leper colony.
- The bridge-viaduct of the beginning of the 20th century.
- There is also a replica of the catapult known as the Malvoisine, as well as the sculpture of a dove (by Jean-Luc Séverac, an artist from Capestang), a monument commemorating the Cathar victims (1210).
Do
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[edit]Eat
[edit]- 1 La Table des Troubadours, 1 Rue du Porche, 34210, Minerve, ☏ +33 4 68 91 27 61. Great view across the gorge from a nice shaded terrace Drinks around €2.50.