ClasséConvent · protected 2000Site de pèlerinage de Verdelais : Ancien couvent des CélestinsPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Henry Salomé · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Site de pèlerinage de Verdelais : Ancien couvent des Célestins · Photo: Henry Salomé · CC BY-SA 3.07historic monuments
History of Verdelais · Monuments historiques
7 historic monuments, 5 classé
The oldest monuments in Verdelais date from the 12th century. For every 10,000 residents Verdelais counts 67 monuments, against 2.5 in the median compared French town. We have photos of 7 of Verdelais’s monuments.
Monuments historiques
7
67 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
5
the highest protection
Inscrit
2
the second level
Oldest part
12th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
30%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Verdelais in 7 photos
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Site de pèlerinage de Verdelais : Fontaine votive et groupe commémoratif en grès-céramique dits du Pas de la MuleClassé
Site de pèlerinage de Verdelais : Chemin de croix et calvaire de VerdelaisClassé
Site de pèlerinage de Verdelais : Basilique Notre-DameClassé
Site de pèlerinage de Verdelais : Croix votive datée de 1630Classé
Ancienne église Saint-Maurice d'AubiacInscrit+2See all photosPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its license; names open the monument’s page.
Map
Where Verdelais’ monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
ClasséInscritWithin 400 m of Site de pèlerinage de Verdelais : Basilique Notre-Dame
5 of 5classé monuments stand within 400 m of Site de pèlerinage de Verdelais : Basilique Notre-Dame, with 6 of the town’s 7 monuments.
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
7 monuments by protection
5 Classé2 Inscrit
Classé is the higher protection: any work on the building needs the State’s permission. Work on an inscrit building must be declared to the State in advance. Around both, building work in sight of the monument (usually within 500 m) needs the agreement of the architecte des Bâtiments de France.
Points as the ministry gives them: a monument spread over several plots has one point.
Classé
5 classé monuments in Verdelais
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 1 of the 5 is protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
ClasséChurch · protected 2010Site de pèlerinage de Verdelais : Basilique Notre-DamePhoto: Henry SALOMÉ · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséCross · protected 2010Site de pèlerinage de Verdelais : Croix votive datée de 1630Photo: Henry Salomé · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséReligious building · protected 2010Site de pèlerinage de Verdelais : Chemin de croix et calvaire de VerdelaisPhoto: Henry Salomé · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséFountain · protected 2010Site de pèlerinage de Verdelais : Fontaine votive et groupe commémoratif en grès-céramique dits du Pas de la MulePhoto: Henry Salomé · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Inscrit
2 inscrit monuments in Verdelais
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
InscritChurch · protected 1973Ancienne église Saint-Maurice d'AubiacPhoto: Henry Salomé · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritReligious building · protected 2009Site de pèlerinage de Verdelais : Allées de VerdelaisPhoto: Henry SALOMÉ · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
How old
How old Verdelais’ monuments are
Each monument once, by the oldest part the list dates.
Prehistory & Antiquity to the 4th c.0
Middle Ages 5th–15th c.1
16th to 18th century Renaissance to Revolution3
19th century 1801–19002
20th century and later since 19010
1 of 6 dated monuments has parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Ancienne église Saint-Maurice d'Aubiac (12th c.). 1 monument has no date on the list.
Age of homes
30% of homes in Verdelais were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
30%
Before 1919
9.9%
1919–45
11%
1946–70
17%
1971–90
7.5%
1991–2005
25%
2006 on
VerdelaisMedian compared French town
30% of its main homes were built before 1919; the median compared French town has 7.4%. More of them were finished before 1919 than in any other period (30%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Verdelais
In brief
Verdelais in brief
Verdelais’s oldest monument, Ancienne église Saint-Maurice d'Aubiac, dates from the 12th century. All told, the list holds 7 historic monuments, 5 of them classé, including Site de pèlerinage de Verdelais : Ancien couvent des Célestins. Its housing is old: 30% of homes date from before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Site de pèlerinage de Verdelais : Basilique Notre-Dame sits at the heart of it all, with 5 of the town’s classé monuments within 400 m. Of the 6 with a date, 3 come from the 16th to 18th centuries. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: most entries are churches and religious buildings; and the list grew between 1973 and 2010.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Monuments historiques. France protects buildings at two levels. Classé, the higher (about a third of the list), means any work needs the State’s permission; inscrit means work must be declared to the State in advance. The Culture ministry’s Mérimée base lists every protected building, and this page counts them.
- Partly protected. Many entries protect part of a building only (its façades and roofs, a staircase, a painted room). Each counts as one monument, like a fully protected one.
- Where a monument is counted. In the commune named on its protection, moved to today’s commune where communes have since merged. A monument listed for several communes counts in each.
- Sites patrimoniaux remarquables. Since 2016 France’s protected historic areas (the former secteurs sauvegardés, ZPPAUP and AVAP) share one name. Inside one, building work follows the area’s plan and needs the agreement of the architecte des Bâtiments de France.
- What isn’t here. Protected objects (furniture, organs, paintings), old buildings with no protection, UNESCO World Heritage listings and labels such as “Plus Beaux Villages de France” aren’t on this list, so this page doesn’t count them.
- No History Grade yet. Everything on this page is described, not graded: France’s History Grade isn’t built yet.
Questions about the history of Verdelais
How many historic monuments are there in Verdelais?
The Culture ministry lists 7 historic monuments in Verdelais: 5 classé and 2 inscrit.
Which monuments in Verdelais are classé?
5, among them Site de pèlerinage de Verdelais : Ancien couvent des Célestins, Site de pèlerinage de Verdelais : Basilique Notre-Dame, Site de pèlerinage de Verdelais : Croix votive datée de 1630, Site de pèlerinage de Verdelais : Chemin de croix et calvaire de Verdelais and Site de pèlerinage de Verdelais : Fontaine votive et groupe commémoratif en grès-céramique dits du Pas de la Mule.
How old are the monuments of Verdelais?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 12th century.
When were monuments in Verdelais first protected?
The first in 1973, the latest in 2010.
How old are the homes in Verdelais?
30% of its main homes were built before 1919 (median compared French town: 7.4%).
France has no History Grade yet: this page describes, it doesn’t grade.
Sources: Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée base on POP (immeubles protégés au titre des monuments historiques), October 2026 · Ministère de la Culture, sites patrimoniaux remarquables, October 2026 · INSEE, census 2023 (main homes by build period) · Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata (photos of the monuments, each with its own credit and license) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.