Lozère

    In a setting not unlike certain Scottish landscapes, La Garde-Guerin looks down on the impressive Chassezac Canyon from its plateau. The village used to be a strategic site on the Régordane Way, a trade route that linked the Languedoc coast to the Massif Central ; it was attacked on several occasions but has kept its watchtower, its houses and its flagstone streets.

    Themes

    • By the waterside : River Chassezac
    • Castles and ramparts : The ramparts and watchtower
    • Panoramas : View of the village from the access area to the canyon, view of the Chassezac gorges and the Cévennes from the watchtower

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    • Sainte-Enimie Falaises

    On the slopes of a canyon cut by the gorges of the Tarn, Sainte-Enimie sets out its massive limestone houses in tiers at the foot of an old Benedictine monastery, all that remains of which is a chapel and a chapter house. At its feet is Burle spring which is said to have cured the Merovingian princess Enimie of leprosy.

    Themes

    • By the waterside : Gorges du Tarn, Burle spring
    • Abbeys and churches : Romanesque church, chapter house and l’Ermitage cave

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