Rue des Cornières

Rue des Cornières

The Agen audio-guided tour has you stroll along Rue des Cornières, undoubtedly the most beloved of the city. A veritable open-air history book, this artery was the main economic lung of Agen from the thirteenth to the nineteenth century.

An open-air book of architecture

Walking along it, one can amuse oneself by guessing the period of the buildings that line it. The arcades with wooden pillars mounted on stone evoke the thirteenth century, while the stone cornières in the shape of an ogive refer to the fourteenth century. These covered galleries, the famous cornières that give the street its name, once sheltered merchants and customers. The diversity of its façades makes it a rare testimony of the evolution of the city over the centuries.

What there is to see

Lined with its covered galleries and façades of all periods, Rue des Cornières is one of the most picturesque in Agen. Shops and terraces maintain a warm bustle there. It is the ideal place to stroll sheltered under the cornières and to read, in the stone and the wood, several centuries of urban history.

Practical information

Rue des Cornières is in the heart of the historic centre of Agen. It can be walked freely on foot at all hours and on the level. Its covered galleries make it pleasant in all weather; shops and terraces follow their own hours.

What are the cornières?

The covered galleries lining the street, which give it its name and once sheltered merchants and customers.

From when do the houses of the street date?

From several periods: arcades with wooden pillars of the thirteenth century, stone ogival cornières of the fourteenth century, and many others.