by Rashel | 3 Jan 2020 | Remarkable site
The primitive construction seems to date back to the eleventh century. There remains from this period the choir covered with a dome on pendants and the apse in the bottom of the oven.
This parish church of Saint-Pierre es Liens d’Engayrac has the particularity of having a sanctuary that is narrower than the nave, consisting of an apse and a bay surmounted by a square tower (former bell tower).
by Gabriel Goudezeune | 2 Jan 2020 | Remarkable site
The name of Combebonnet appears for the first time in a 13th century document in which the noble knight Jourdain de Combebonnet is cited in an arbitration award rendered in May 1255, in Mézin, following a war between Odon, viscount of Lomagne , and Guiralt, Count of Armagnac.
Built on the edge of a deep and cool valley, the Château de Combebonnet, seen from the east and south, has the fresh air with its superimposed terraces and corbelled watchtowers.
by Gabriel Goudezeune | 2 Jan 2020 | Remarkable site, Remarkable site on the cluniac path GG
Located on the ancient Roman road known as “la Clermontoise”, which ran from Bordeaux to Lyon, the city of Castelsagrat had to undergo great invasions until the end of the Middle Ages. The discovery of a Visigothic tomb proves the occupation of the land in the 5th and 6th centuries by the Visigoths …
by Gabriel Goudezeune | 2 Jan 2020 | Remarkable site, Remarkable site on the cluniac path GG
In Aubiac, discover the romanesque church Ste Marie built in the 9th and 10th centuries, the castle (14th century) and the mills!