Situated on a strategic vantage point overlooking the Garonne valley, in the Middle Ages Le Fousseret had a fortified settlement at the foot of a castle built on the Picon hill. The Count of Toulouse, Raymond VII, granted the inhabitants a charter of customs that made the small town an important centre for fairs and trade. The suburb, with its right-angled streets arranged around its market hall and church, took on the appearance of a fortified town, which is still preserved today.
The town boasts the imposing 15th-century church of Saint-Pierre, with its southern Gothic style typical of the Toulouse region, where you can admire a 15th-century polychrome wooden Pietà in the magnificent setting of a 17th-century chapel, as well as a wealth of 18th- and 19th-century furniture.
You can take a stroll around the town, starting from the church or the Eiffel-style market hall built in the 19th century to replace the medieval wooden market hall. Follow the Chemin de Ronde to the Promenade du Picon on the site of the former château, with its magnificent view of the Pyrenees and its orientation table, where you can relax in the shade of the hundred-year-old trees and see the bust of Abbé Sicard, born in Le Fousseret in 1742 and recognised worldwide as a “benefactor of humanity” for his work on the alphabet for the deaf and dumb.
Every first Sunday of the month, a market of local producers is held under the covered market, which is renowned and appreciated by all.
