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Monflanquin
Founded in the thirteenth century by Alphonse of Poitiers, this bastide perched on its mountain resisted many English attacks. Before the Wars of Religion, the population was large and crafts prosperous. It then suffered attacks that put the church and the Augustinian convent to fire and blood. In the eighteenth century, the town lived an era of prosperity but the post-revolution period caused a rural exodus.
Today, Monflanquin holds many memories of its past such as the decorated portal of the church, the Black Prince's house, a network of lanes called carrérots and a fine square surrounded by arcaded houses (a square which, incidentally, lost its covered market, demolished in 1830). Do not miss climbing to the "Cap del Pech" to admire the Lède valley.
