Free to visit
Cahors — Pont Valentré
Monument or square · Le Puy via Podensis · France 🇫🇷
Free to visit — no ticket needed
A public place: nothing is sold and no booking exists. Anyone selling you a ticket for it is not official.
Pont Valentré is today considered the most complete fortified medieval engineering structure in France. Built at the initiative of the consuls in the early 14th century, 172 metres long, it towers over the Lot river from its three towers.
Translation · original in French
Le pont Valentré est aujourd’hui considéré comme l’ouvrage d’art fortifié d’époque médiévale le plus complet de France. Construit à l’initiative des consuls au début du XIVe siècle, long de 172 mètres, il domine la rivière Lot du haut de ses trois tours.