Route details
Description
The start : Therondels
Only 20 km separate Thérondels, an Auvergne village set in the lands of Midi-Pyrénées, from Mur-de-Barrez, which looks like a fortified town on its rocky outcrop. Between the two, a tongue of cooled lava forming a plateau with the Rouergue to the southwest as a distant horizon. In Brommes, the magnificent XNUMXth century Romanesque church. will delight you before regaining a little height.
The last very rolling part, on the Bellevue plateau, will offer you sumptuous views over the whole of Carladez and beyond.
POINTS OF INTEREST:
– The church of Brommes “one of the few homogeneous Romanesque buildings in Barrez. This XNUMXth century monument, which has a semi-circular apse vaulted in “cul de four””. Excerpt from “Men and Stone in Carladez Barrézien – Lionel Lintilhac. Outside, discover the tower of the choir and its cornice frieze: suns, crosses and exceptional Roman corbels.
– On the plateau at an altitude of almost 1000m, the village of Thérondels has a “gentle mountain spirit”, its Romanesque church is open and its wooden Christ from the 12th century is remarkable.
– A gourmet stop at the Cheese Cooperative in Thérondels (its country cheeses: Cantal, Thérondels, aligot, etc.) Direct sale and visit: 05 65 44 24 32
– Mur-de-Barrez is a pretty medieval town: the famous Tower of Monaco, the Saint Thomas of Canterbury church, the Consular House, the House of History, the Fualdès house, the Sainte Claire Monastery and the north gate of the fortifications of the Berque,…
