Puy de Dôme
Just 20 kilometres from Clermont-Ferrand, on the old Régordane Way linking Auvergne to the Languedoc, this former winegrowing village lies perched on a hill and winds its feldspar-rich sandstone houses around its keep. This building has recently been restored and offers a wonderful view of the Allier valley.
Themes
- Panoramas : Views of the Allier valley and the Auvergne volcanoes
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Saint-Floret has arranged its round tile-roofed houses built of stone below a 13C feudal castle in the Couze Pavin valley. In the castle keep, a gothic-style vaulted chamber houses frescoes that were painted in the 14C and tell the tale of Tristan and Iseult.
Themes
- Abbeys and churches : Romanesque church du Chastel (13C)
- By the waterside : The river Couze Pavin
- Castles and ramparts : 13C castle
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Some twenty kilometres south of Clermont-Ferrand, between the Gorges de la Monne and the Veyre valley, Saint-Saturnin is not only home to one of the 5 major churches in Romanesque style typical of Auvergne but also an impressive castle which welcomed Catherine de Medici and Charles IX. Alongside this leading heritage can be found wash houses, lovely country houses, a Renaissance fountain and more.
Themes
- Abbeys and churches : 12C Romanesque church
- By the waterside : Gorges de la Monne
- Castles and ramparts : Castle dating from the 13C, 15C and 16C
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Clinging to a volcanic peak looking onto the Puy Chain, the Monts Dore mountains and the Cézallier plateau, Usson and its black stone winegrowers’ houses were once dominated by a castle in which Queen Margot was exiled for 19 years. A path leads to the village’s basalt columns south of the Romanesque church of Saint Maurice and the queen’s chapel.
Themes
- Panoramas : View of the Puy Chain, the Monts Dore and Cézallier plateau
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