Mirepoix and its famous arcaded market square • All PYRENEES · France, Spain, Andorra. Mirepoix (Fr. Mirepoix) is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France. The city is famous as one of the finest survived arcaded market squares – Les Couverts – in France. The square is bordered by half-timbered houses dating from the thirteenth to the fifteenth centuries. Tourism and main attractions The episcopal palace was built by the bishop of Mirepoix Philippe de Lévis, elected bishop of Mirepoix on December 19, 1493. The cathedral of St-Maurice has the second widest Gothic arch in Europe (after Girona in Catalonia, Spain). House of Consuls dates from the fifteenth century: January 5, 1274, Guy III of Lévis gives the inhabitants of the city the right to elect consuls. The Porte d’Avail or Porte d’Aval is a stone building located rue Monseigneur-de-Cambon. Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Michel church is located in the cemetery, avenue Victor Hugo, it presents four paintings, three of which retrace the foundation and work of the Trinitarians, and a 17th century altarpiece.
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