Louslitges
Louslitges and its annex Monterran form a most picturesque ensemble. Surrounded by the ridges that delimit it, the village is criss-crossed by the river Midour, which rises not far away.
The area boasts some very interesting wild flora, including around twenty species of wild orchid listed by specialists, which can even be admired along the roads and paths that criss-cross the area.
Until the 14th century, Louslitges was attached to the powerful barony of Les Angles (Lourdes region), then part of the County of Bigorre (with its capital in Tarbes).
An intervention by the Count of Armagnac later detached it from this before it became part of the County of Pardiac, itself dependent on the County of Astarac.
Once a parish with its own church, Monterran also had its own castle in the 13th century, once owned by the Lords of Peyrusse and the Abbey of La Case-Dieu, one of the main monastic communities in Gascony in the Middle Ages and a foundation of the Prémontré Order. Today, there is a humble chapel nestling in a clump of trees.
Local sights
- The church of Saint Pierre (9th century, modified in the 12th century)
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