The Volvestre Intercommunal Tourist Office houses two museums that are accessible to visitors: the Lapidary Museum and the Papogay Museum. The Lapidary Museum is dedicated to the remains found in the village of Rieux-Volvestre. The lapidary museum houses stones and capitals of the cloisters of the Franciscans and Dominicans. The Franciscans settled in Rieux-Volvestre in 1272; the Dominicans in 1275\\. Of these two sets there remains only the old building of dormitories and kitchens of the sixteenth-eighteenth centuries on the site of the current Jacobins park. During the French Revolution, the convents of Rieux-Volvestre, partially abandoned, were sold as building materials, which is why there are many cut stones integrated in the walls of houses of the village. The Papogay Museum traces the history of this local archery tradition dating back to the 14th century. To discover: a model of the three masts, a fresco, costumes, archives... And the possibility to watch a film that retraces in
Website
http://www.tourisme-volvestre.fr
Phone
05 61 87 63 33

Address
9 rue de l'évêché, 31310 Rieux-Volvestre, Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France