Lacave: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes
Lacave lies in the Salat Valley on the right bank of the river. The Salat is the municipality’s most important watercourse and crosses its territory from east to west in broad meanders. On the right bank, a hilly landscape stretches out with natural meadows, wooded areas and riverside vegetation. Paths there are lined with boxwood hedges.
Choosing Lacave as a destination may be connected with the desire to rent a holiday apartment.
Nature
The landscape along the Salat combines open meadows with wooded areas, riverside vegetation and paths lined with boxwood hedges. The river itself shapes the municipality with its broad meanders between east and west.
Culture and History
The church at the entrance to Lacave has an L-shaped floor plan, a single-nave church body, a sacristy and a distinctive bell gable. It probably has medieval origins and was completely rebuilt in the 1950s. The church also contains the sculpture group “Vierge de Pitié”, which was placed under protection as an object on 5 November 1912.
A chapel dedicated to Saint Roch is also located at the entrance to the village. Its furnishings include a painting, a statue and an altar associated with this saint, as well as wall paintings. The second chapel at the exit of Lacave has furnishings and decoration associated with the Virgin Mary.
Lacave was founded through a paréage on 11 September 1273. The hamlet of La Hitte is older than the village of Lacave and had a church in the Middle Ages. Some architectural details, such as a window with a central mullion, may point to this period; the buildings have since been extensively remodelled.
The history of the boats is also connected with the river: Wooden boats built in Lacave from timber from the forests of Betchat were taken downstream on the Salat to Toulouse and sold there.
Getting Around
The regional tourism platform describes the Foix–Saint-Girons–Lacave Greenway as a former railway line used for walking, cycling and horse riding. In addition, the “Vélo & Fromages” route from Foix to Lacave leads to farms and ageing cellars and includes encounters with cheese merchants and cheesemakers from Ariège.
For the overarching travel overview: Ariège.
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