Manciet

Manciet is a small village first documented in 1170, with a classic rectangular bastide layout -- about 200 meters long by 85 meters wide, a main street with gates at each end, and houses built in the Armagnac colombage style (timber-framing on stone ground floors). The Manciet arenas host course landaise, a form of bull-leaping distinct from Spanish bullfighting -- a distinctly Gascon tradition you'll encounter increasingly as you head southwest toward the Landes.

The area around Manciet once hosted a Templar hospital at Cosset, which later became Barcelonne-du-Gers. Services are basic.