Confluence Trail

8 points of interest

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  Heritage site

  The village of Roche-le-Peyroux

  Overlooking the town of Roche-le-Peyroux, the St-Pardoux church seems to protect the 96 residents, known as Rouchoux and Rouchounes, listed in 2017. On your return from the hike, don't hesitate to take a tour of the village, remarkable for its flowers and its stone;
  Notice to the left of the church door the carved stone bearing the inscription SIGIG, whose meaning remains unknown.

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  Le Massif du Sancy

  Behind the church, in the old cemetery, a picnic area offers a spectacular view of the Massif du Sancy. The highest volcano in mainland France at 1885 metres above sea level, this summit is the highest point in the Massif Central. The two streams, the Dore and the Dogne, originate there, and their confluence forms the Dordogne.

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  Le Puy de Bort

  At the village of Bois du Peyroux, there is a magnificent viewpoint overlooking the Puy de Bort. At an altitude of 860 metres, this puy results from a volcanic flow coming from the Cantal. On its southern façade, which unfortunately is not visible from this point of view, the Dordogne has produced magnificent rocks like basalt organ pipes that dominate the town of Bort.

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  Rotabourg and Les Chaumettes

  The villages of Limousin were all strongly involved in agriculture. Walking through these hamlets always produces interesting discoveries during a hike: barns, mansions, crosses and monuments, traditional local architecture... As you enter Rotabourg, at the first barn, don't miss the small door in the embankment which corresponds to a cave. On the Place des Chaumettes, the old well has been replaced by a pump.

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  Pond

  The pond

  While Haute-Corrèze is often identified as France's water tower because of the many rivers that have their sources there, it is also rich in a multitude of ponds and lakes. All artificial, they were created by humans, who most often dammed a stream at the end of a wetland, mainly for fishing.

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  Heritage site

  The château d’ Anglars

  The Château d'Anglars is situated on a steep hill overlooking the Dordogne River, more than 250 metres above sea level. The château is behind an entrance gate (do not enter - private property that cannot be visited). Noted as early as the 13th century, under the jurisdiction of Ventadour, this fortress occupied a strategic place during the 15th and 16th centuries. You can see the main building and a square dungeon.

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  The Val Beneyte power station

  Val Beneyte, the blessed valley, owes its name to a modest hermitage built on the banks of the Dordogne. The site, which was once a destination for excursions, was swallowed up in 1935 by the waters of the Marèges dam.
  The village of Val Beneyte was built for the employees during the construction of the power plant. The power station is fed by a 2.6 km-long groundwater intake that starts at the Chaumettes dam and is extended by four penstocks that descend to the power station. The huge basin is an expansion basin that allows water to be stored in case of flooding. In the middle, the expansion chamber regulates the flow of water to the pipes.

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  The Grésolles Lookout point

  This belvedere offers a magnificent view of the confluence of the Diège and Dordogne rivers and the site of St-Nazaire.
  This place takes its name from the legend of the saint who supposedly drove the devil away.
  A pilgrimage in his honour was organised by a Way of the Cross. During the ceremony, the inhabitants of Roche were grouped together on this belvedere, those of Cantal on the edge of the plateau. The three groups sang at the same time and the echoes reverberated through the valley.