Saint-Gaudens

Saint-Gaudens stands above the Garonne with the Pyrenees to the south. Its collegiate church, dedicated to Saint Peter and Saint Gaudens, grew from a smaller early sanctuary into a substantial Romanesque building. The town suffered heavily in the Wars of Religion. On 2 August 1569 Huguenot troops led by the Count of Montgomery plundered Saint-Gaudens, devastating the collegiate church and its archives as well as the Dominican convent.