FAUDOAS

You can enjoy a picturesque village with typical half-timbered houses from the medieval ages built using the architectural technique of corbelling.

Faudoas used to be the fief of a barony made into a marchioness by order of Louis XIV so that he wanted to favour an important family allied of the Rochechouart.  That family would be the family of the Cardinal Richelieu’s grand-mother.

The castle was sold during the French Revolution as a national property, being destroyed a short time after.  The parish church, damaged in 1846, was rebuilt in the place of an ancient sanctuary.  Its neo-gothic style is showed by a unique nave flanked by 4 chapels and a choir with a pentagonal apse.  The bell tower has on its top an openwork spire.

The fields nearby show plenty of typical XVII farms built with wattle and daub.  Other farms date from the 19th century, with big and beautiful fireplaces inside.

You shouldn't miss visiting the charming village of Faudoas, in the heart of Lomagne, with typical half-timbered houses along its streets. 

This village is located in a plateau overlooking the Camuson stream, on the ancient road leading from Mauvezin to Auvillar by Balignac.  This road joins the roads to St Clar and Lavit, and both of them are the strategic route ways to Auch.

Montgaillard has been the second most important pottery centre of Lomagne for 4 centuries.  Some ancient clay tools coming from this village are conserved in Moissac museum, and ancient tools can still be discovered in some old houses.  Potters used to be established in the centre of the town, but they were also established in the hamlets surrounding the village.  In 1850 this craft was decreasing but the factories employed near to 40 workers.  There were at least 2 tile factories containing 2 potters’ kiln and producing at least 3500 pieces of pottery.

In the early Middle Ages some lords were called “de Montgaillard” and they belonged to the high nobility of the region, but this village is attached overall to the Percin family.  This family was the owner of the lordship from the 15th century to the Revolution.  The castle was burnt by order of Richelieu in 1638, and the church was completely rebuilt in a neo-gothic style in 1878.