Visits

 Marcillac-la-Croisille

Egletons, medieval town in the Ventadour region: Situated in the heart of the Corrèze region, Egletons is an ancient city of Celtic origin, which grew considerably during the Middle Ages. The former capital of the grand duchy of Ventadour, Egletons boasts a remarkable medieval heritage linked to the...

 Égletons

Dating back to 1600, Saint-Léger?s granite chapel, with its slate roof, is a typical example of a small Corrézien village chapel. Rebuilt in the 17th or 18th century, this chapel has retained a small bell tower wall dating from 1600.

 Champagnac-la-Noaille

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

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

 Égletons

A 500 m2 botanical garden on the premises of an organic producer of aromatic and medicinal plants. Popular uses, anecdotes and plant mythology are the main themes of the guided tours. In July and August, botanical events and lectures. Presentation of plants linked to mythology and legends. An area...

 Saint-Yrieix-le-Déjalat

Dating back to the 14th century, the church was rebuilt in the 16th century and is located within the cemetery, an increasingly rare occurrence these days. Its stained glass windows were made in the 20th century.

 Montaignac-Saint-Hippolyte

Classified by the French Monuments Historiques, this walnut altarpiece, painted, gilded and silvered, sculpted by the DUHAMEL brothers, dates from the late 17th century, and is a reminder of the population's loyalty to Catholicism. The originality and strength of the altarpiece's iconography are bas...

 Chaumeil

Made of carved oak, this winged tabernacle and the display come from the Récollets de tulle convent. In the 1930s, the altar, tabernacle and altarpiece were reassembled by local craftsman Germain VAL, who integrated the old elements into a modern structure.

 Sarran

Much more intimate than the Roc du Busatier or the Jardin de Bardot, the Chapeloune viewpoint is nonetheless an incredible vantage point from which to admire the Dordogne Gorges. An exceptional vantage point, with an orientation table providing information on changes to the landscape and its flora...

 Saint-Merd-de-Lapleau

At an altitude of 572 meters, on a rocky spur that dominates the gorges of the Soudeillette and the Vigne for two hundred meters, the castle of Ventadour raises its imposing ruins in a site that evokes both the power of medieval feudalism and the blossoming of courtly love, to which the name of the...

 Moustier-Ventadour

 Lafage-sur-Sombre