The development in this quarter was initially due to the importance that fairs and markets had in oloron, from the Middle Ages. The Viscount of Béarn’s high town was too cramped and did not provide the best conditions for trading. So the customers gathered at the foot of the hill on the right-hand bank of the "gave d’Ossau". Arts and crafts, in the XVIIth and XVIIIth centuries, then industry in the following centuries, made this quarter, known as "Marcadet", one of the most dynamic of the city.

Guided visit "The little market": discovery of the Notre-Dame area, the crypt and the market, with a lecturer-guide.
Visits in July and August, every Friday at 10:00 am.
Inscriptions at the Tourist Office: +33 (0)5 59 39 98 00
Duration of the visit: 1h00 to 1h30.
Rates guided visits:

 3 € per adult
 1 € per child [5 - 13 y. old]
 1 € per inhabitant of the Oloronese Foothills
 Free: students, unemplyed persons, disabled people, volunteers.

Visits for groups all year upon booking.

The Notre-Dame church The Notre-Dame Crypt The Resistance square The Square and the House Pommé