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Discover larzac

Discover larzac


  Placed naturally in the middle of the regional Natural reserve of Large Causses, Larzac is next to the regional Natural reserve of High Languedoc and the National park of the Cevennes, with which it constitutes one of greatest natural spaces of Europe.Sous the Mediterranean luminous sun, the visitor discovers this country in the diversity of its landscapes. An arid causse, strewn as far as the eye can see with rocks evoking as many cities in ruins than of steppes to graminaceous grazed by the ewes. Then entrails of causse, towards the underground pits explored by Charles Martel. And green valleys of Cernon and Sorgues from where emerges, as by miracle, so invaluable water. Lastly, to the door of the Cevennes to the schists étincelants, Dourbie runs since its source of the Aigoual Mount and comes to dig causses by splendid throats. These natural spaces accomodate you with serenity. ” Leave to discovered the territory the twelve communes Larzac Templier Causses and Vallées.

Discover the region of marcillac

Discover the region of marcillac


  Tourist sites and Routes Religious architecture NAUVIALE: Gothic church of Combret, Vault ND of Salette. MARCILLAC SMALL VALLEY: Church and stone bell-tower of XVème, Vault of Fontcourrieu of 14th classified, Vault of Penitent (XVII). MOURET: 5 churches: Vault of Jean Saint the Cold which dominates causse and the small valley, Eglise of the Large Farmhouse, Eglise Capelle, Eglise of Sénepjac, Eglise of Mousset. BLOOMS: Church of XVème altered with XVIIème. SALLES-LA-SOURCE: Church Austremoine Saint of XIème, classified HISTORIC BUILDING (with cross known as “of the stone vine growers” of XVème, Romance wood Christ of XIIème, busts reliquaries of Saint Mercies and Holy Austremoine surrounded by low-reliefs of XVIIème, retable of XVIIème), Romance Church of the borough classified HISTORIC BUILDING, Church Saint Wolf (XIX), Church of Souyri, Church of Cougousse (XIX), Romance Church ND of Vanc (rétable XVII and virgin with the child of the XV). VALADY: Church. SAINT CHRISTOPHE: Churches of Saint Christophe, Glassac and Testet. CLAIRVAUX: Holy Romance church Blaise of XIIème, CLASSEE. BALSAC: Church (XV) and rules of Saint Anne. LOW WALL THE CASTLE: Church Saint Vincent (XVIII with baptismal tank of the XIII and XIV and Christ out of wooden carved and painted fine XVème). Very many castles and manors of which some to visit: - Castle of Servayrie with Mouret: pieces of furniture, visits with the candles. - Castle of Blooms: beautiful collection of potteries - Castle of the Dovecote: Medieval garden and Park Animalist Animations - Castle of Balsac: frontage rebirth, sundial 1577, museum memorial of Capétiens Road of the Novel: Church of Clairvaux, St-Paul Churches and St-Austremoine with Room-the-Source Vault of Penitent and Fontcourrieu with Marcillac-Small valley Medieval villages of Clairvaux, Combret, Panat, Low wall-the-Castle, Marcillac, Valady. Sites of Panat, Room-the-Source, Low wall-the-Castle: panoramas, cornices and cascades; geological curiosities: Swallow-hole of Tindoul, cave of Stops-Rolland, sulphur springs with Room-the-Source. Dolmens of Balsac and Room-the-Source (70), Vines and orchards, terraces Museum of Rouergue: Popular arts and traditions, planetarium, with Room-the-Source. ROOMS THE SOURCE: large circus carved by the sources and cascades which spout out cliffs limestones of Causse. Three villages are staged on the rocks. The noble castles and houses evoke the importance of this coseigneurie comtale. LOW WALL: cascade: the brook of the douzes spouts out of cliff of Causse, with the foot of a village dominated by a medieval castle. The Causse: a typical nature of the Causse (dry lawns, genévriers…) to discover by the ways of edge of road. MOURET: the communal ones of the Large Farmhouse: site of traditional architecture with point of view on the small valley. Remarkable compartmental geometrical out of stones dry (low walls, shelters of shepherd…)

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