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Condom, a former episcopal city crossed by the Baïse River, is renowned for its Saint-Pierre Cathedral and its Armagnac-related past. In front of the cathedral stands the famous statue of the Four Musketeers (D'Artagnan and his companions), a tribute to Alexandre Dumas' novel and the famous captain's Gascon roots.

Don't miss La Romieu to greet Angeline and the cats. I didn't see any, at least not alive ones. I didn't stop there either. To get there, I took the 6 km road; you can also get there via the GR (Greater French National Trail). Its Saint-Pierre collegiate church, a 14th-century Gothic masterpiece listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is imposing. Now for the legend... Around 1342, a terrible famine struck La Romieu. The starving inhabitants went so far as to eat all the cats in the village, thinking they were preserving their meager resources. But a little girl named Angeline, an orphan taken in by a local couple, adored cats. She hid two in the cellar, secretly feeding them, and then they bred. A little later, with all the cats gone, the village was invaded by thousands of rats, destroying the meager grain reserves and causing an even worse disaster. It was then that Angeline freed her cats. They multiplied again, drove out the rats, and saved the village. Angeline was honored by the villagers, and according to legend, her face took on the appearance of a cat, with feline features—a magical transformation to thank her love and loyalty to cats. Today, in tribute to this story, numerous cat statues adorn the streets, facades, and rooftops of the village.

A beautiful cycle path runs alongside the Canal Lateral à la Garonne. The route takes you through a bucolic setting along the water's edge.

Marsolan is located 6 km from Lectoure, city of art and history, whose heritage is to be discovered: mansions, cathedrals, monuments full of history.

La Romieu, dominated by the mighty abbey church, is a charming, typical Gascony village.

Along the lateral canal of the Garonne, part of the complex of the canal of the two seas which connects, through the canal du Midy, the Mediterranean with the Atlantic Ocean, these kilometer tables are found. Along the entire canal runs the beautiful cycle path that connects Bordeaux to Sete on the Mediterranean.

Valence-d'Agen is a municipality of 5,286 inhabitants located in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Occitanie region. In addition to the ancient wash houses, the church of Notre-Dame, in neo-Renaissance style, which dates back to 1902, is worthy of note; inside, a beautiful Madonna and Child in gilded wood and a Via Crucis in ceramic.

Totally level cycle path, without any difference in height, all along the canal among rows of plane trees and oaks.