Visits

The President Jacques Chirac Museum houses the 5,000 diplomatic gifts presented to the President between 1995 and 2007. Jacques Chirac in turn donated these gifts to the Corrèze Departmental Council. 1,000 of them are on display in the heart of the Visitor Reserve. In addition to this initial func...

 Sarran

Rebuilt in the late 19th century (1894) after destruction during the French Revolution. In 1489, an earlier church was built on the site of an earlier one, possibly dating from the time of the Knights Templar. The Gothic portal is the only surviving feature. The presbytery, below the church, was on...

 Meyrignac-l'Église

Originally, the 12th-century Romanesque church consisted of a nave ending in a three-sided choir. The entire apse remains, with part of the nave walls surmounted in places by sculpted corbels, giving the whole structure a Romanesque appearance. The Gothic vaulting and three chapels near the choir da...

 Darnets

Emilie has teamed up with an otter to make her handcrafted soaps. Bulle has thus become not only her emblem, but above all that of her commitment to taking care of herself in the purest respect for nature. Cold-saponified soaps made from organic vegetable oils, without perfumes, essential oils or s...

 Bar

The church dates back to the 12th century, when it retained an interesting semicircular chevet with leaning columns and, inside, a number of historiated and foliated capitals. In the 14th century, a side chapel was added, housing a remarkable funerary monument in limestone. This highly refined work...

 Soudeilles

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

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

Built in the 12th century, the church has been modified several times over the centuries, notably in the 19th century, when the bell tower-wall was rebuilt after the vault collapsed at an unknown date. The nave and chevet remain from the 12th century.

 Champagnac-la-Noaille

A viewpoint overlooking the Sombre stream at its confluence with the Chastang reservoir, offering an exceptional panorama of the Dordogne Gorges. The surrounding cliffs and rocks provide shelter for two birds accustomed to these rocky environments: the Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) and the Co...

 Saint-Merd-de-Lapleau

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

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

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