Lying in the Entre-Deux-Mers, Sauveterre was founded as a bastide by Edward I in 1281. Although the walls and ditches of this diamond shaped town were demolished in the nineteenth century, but all four of its original gates survive. A fine large central market place remains at the heart of the town, with many cornières surviving, though few appear to be original.
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The Porte Saubotte at the northwest of the town, and perhaps the most complete of the gates. -
The Porte la Font at the southwest. -
The Porte Saint-Romain at the southeast.
