Visits

Single-nave church with transept, apse and apsidal chapel. The oldest part of the church dates back to the 12th century, of which only the foundations of the porch, the domed apse and the Romanesque chevet (protected by decree) remain. The rest of the church has undergone modifications over the cent...

 Rosiers-d'Égletons

Featuring a splendid Gothic porch (listed as a Monument Historique in 1926), the church of St-Jacques le Majeur and St-Laurent has older parts dating back to the 13th and 14th centuries. Numerous objects are on display: - two polychrome stone and limestone virgins dating from the late Middle Ages -...

 Chaumeil

Late 15th century fleur-de-lys cross. The central shaft, with its chamfered corners, supports the cross, which has the particularity of having the petals of the fleurons joined together, forming an openwork nimbus of eight lobes joined two by two in the shape of a heart. Oriented cross: Christ is p...

 Chaumeil

In the Maison de Pays des Monédières, in the heart of Chaumeil (his native village), discover the life and work of Jean Ségurel, a famous 20th-century accordionist who sold millions of records. Through objects, films and period music, Jean Ségurel's life, from his passion for music to the creation o...

 Chaumeil

Château du Lieuteret was built on the site of an ancient castel belonging to a lord of Alon in the 7th century. Modified over the centuries, the Château's architecture is classical and sober, with its volumes in keeping with the tradition of the Grand Siècle. Dating from the 15th, 16th and 17th cent...

 Darnets

Situated on a steep site overlooking a meander of the Corrèze river, this stronghold was built in the late 13th or early 14th century, north-east of Saint-Yrieix-le-Déjalat by the lords of Saint-Yrieix. Its purpose was to guard the valley road between Bonnefond and Saint-Augustin, and it was defende...

 Saint-Yrieix-le-Déjalat

The old church: already replacing a church dating back to the 10th century, the Archives Départementales still hold two sketch plans of this 12th-century church (restored in the late 14th or early 15th century by Guillaume de Lestranges, bishop of Tours), which enable us to size it, orientate it and...

 Lapleau

Viewpoint over Egletons and surrounding area. Picnic tables, benches, orchard, vines, ....

 Égletons

In the 12th century, the hospital was set up outside the fortified town. The Pénitents Blancs took possession in 1591. Today, only the chapel has survived: it was extensively modified, but its portal and niche façade are medieval.

 Égletons

Come and discover the Bastide motte castrale, once a symbol of seigniorial power. The site was strategically located on the border between the Viscounty of Ventadour and the Viscounty of Turenne, close to the Dordogne valley, a major trade route in the Middle Ages. Today, the remains and surroundi...

 Laval-sur-Luzège

 Lafage-sur-Sombre

Sabine and Jacques take you on a tour of Scottish Highland Cattle in the peat bogs. They'll tell you all about the history of these cows, their origins and their breeding. You can also meet the farm animals (cows, calves, sheep, donkeys...) and discover their lives through activities and games on t...

 Péret-Bel-Air