Intriguing churches
Saint-Exupéry-les-Roches

Intriguing churches

Heritage site and architecture
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A multi-faceted circuit, typical of the Haut-Corréze landscape.
A hilly circuit that alternates between passages in the woods, beautiful forest tracks and roads with little traffic. Ideal for the start of the season. It is the shorter version of circuit 22, "Flora of the Chavanon".

5 points of interest

  • Heritage site

    The Church of St-Exupéry

    You will certainly find the style of St-Exupéry church surprising by contrast with the Romanesque churches of the Haute-Corrèze, characterised by a wall-belfry.
    Originally, the classical Romanesque church was part of a fortified enclosure with boundary walls from a property where a château, now destroyed, once stood.
    It was in poor condition, and certainly, as a reminder of the château's existence, two turrets and battlements were added during the restoration of the church, which was completed in 1880.
  • Panorama

    The Massif du Sancy

    This circuit offers an amazing view of the highest volcano in France, the Puy de Sancy. Rising to an altitude of 1,885 metres, this summit is the highest point of the Massif Central. The two streams, the Dore and the Dogne originate here, and their confluence forms the Dordogne. On the way back from the tour, on the road to Ussel, the site of Les Roches also offers a stunning 360° panoramic view over the Monts d'Auvergne and the Montagne Limousine.
  • History

    The Ussel-Thalamy airfield

    At an altitude of 740 metres, the Ussel platform is the first airfield created in Corrèze. The Ministry of War wanted to have a military field in Haute Corrèze, and the field was created in 1933 in the communes of Saint-Exupéry-les-Roches and Saint-Bonnet-près-Bort. It offers a 1,300 m tarmac runway and a 900 m grass runway.
  • Pond

    Vaury pond

    The Haute-Corrèze is often identified as the water tower of France because of the numerous rivers that have their sources there, and it is also rich in a multitude of ponds. They are all artificial and were created by people who often dammed up a stream at the end of a wetland, mainly for fishing.
  • Heritage site

    The village of St-Fréjoux

    When you return from your trip, be sure to explore the village of St-Fréjoux, which is the pride of its 291 inhabitants at the last census. First of all, the St-Fréduphe church and its mysterious bulbous bell tower. A little further on, the cruck barn with its thatched roof. It is characterised by its cruck frame: the crossbeams, the main parts of the frame, start from the ground and also serve as a support for the walls of the building.

Description

Marking: brown arrows, circuit number 21
  • Departure : Place, Saint-Exupéry
  • Arrival : Place, Saint-Exupéry
  • Towns crossed : Saint-Exupéry-les-Roches, Saint-Étienne-aux-Clos, and Saint-Fréjoux

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Recommandations

Please note, pedestrians have priority

Information desks

Rue Saint-Martin, 19200 Ussel

https://www.tourisme-hautecorreze.fr/05 19 60 00 30

Access and parking

From Ussel, follow the D45 towards. Bort- St-Exupéry then the D138 to reach St-Exupéry

Parking :

Place, Saint-Exupéry

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