Origins
Founded around 1284 by officers of the English King, Monestier has long been linked with Villefranche de Lenville. It was never finished and was a relatively unimportant bastide.

What to See :
With a little imagination the small, quadrangular square hints at what this bastide must once have been like.

The Romanesque church is situated in the south-west corner next to the arcaded Governor’s House.