Other sites

BARBERIER

Ancient distillery of Maupuy XIXth century

The building, still visible, retains nowadays evidences of the 20th century industrial building : its high chimney in bricks and the semi-circular openings.

BAYET

Saint Marcel’s fountain

Water reserve, on the hillside, protected by a vault, which supplies a washing-place.

Path between the city and the gangway of the Ile des Grottes

BÈGUES

Mill of Neuvial XVIIIth century

Of the large centre of the flour trade of Neuvial, only one working mill remains which markets cattle feed and has been converted in power station.

BELLENAVES

Manoir de la Cave XVth and XVIIth centuries

Mullion window and a very interesting spiral stairs turret. Several windows with blazons, where sculpture in limestone are still visible.

Notre Dame de La Défense, au puy Mamin  XXth century

Statue representing a Virgin with a Child. During the war of 1870, Priest Bonnet who was in charge of the parish of Bellenaves, vow to do this statue if Bellenaves is spared a Prussian attack. The crowned Child represents Bellenaves.

BIOZAT

Military milestone 120 - 121 listed

This milestone marks the distance between Biozat and the Arvernes capital city, Clermont. Reused in sarcophagus.

BOUCÉ

Washing-place. (Medieval).

This circular washing-place is a vestige of the castle. Its sawn-off cone roof receives rain waters.

Varennes way

BRANSAT

Medieval bridge Gallo-Roman style

Ribbed vault arches supported by a central pile. This one takes upstream a shape of a beak working as icebreaker at the level of the water and also protects pedestrian

Crossing of the Gaduet to the “Old Village” (Vieux Bourg).

BROUT VERNET

Saint Mazeran’s fountain

Semi circular fountain in stone. The tradition says that during the building of the church, the river Andelot, in which the builders took water, dries up. Mazeran who worked here, threw up in the air his tool. And when the tool landed, a spring spurted out, which property is to fight fever. After the saint’s death in about 1090 the church was dedicated to him.

Saint Mazeran's road

Mausoleum 1885

Mausoleum in shape of a little temple, built with volvic stone, by the architect Coulon. This is the tomb of Eugène Rouher, Napoléon III’s Minister of Finance.

CHARROUX

Eastern Gate, gate of the clock and its Belfry (XIIIth and XIVth centuries)

An old half-timbered (XIVth century), many shafts, the citadel also commonly named “La Cour des Dames” and the alleys.

CESSET

Chenillat towerXIVth century

This tower is the rest of a castle located into a huge oak grove which covered this place, the name of Chemillat comes from. This tower is imposing, square with two meters thickness walls with crenels and machicolations.

Lariot tower XIVth - XVth – XVIIth centuries

A truncated tower and also a square tower placed beside the top with a roof (XVth century). A lot of castle rests.

CONTIGNY

Pigeon house XVth century

Half-timbered pigeon house.

Trip of the "XI Crosses"

Inside of the church.

Cindré

Communal water-place.

COUTANSOUZE

Washing place, second half of XIXth century

Pond fed continuously by the water of the brook « La Plaine ».

CrÉchy

Backer’s oven, XIXth century

Individual oven with a shape of  sloping roof.

 LA FERTÉ HAUTERIVE

Donjon of priory, XIIth and XVth centuries

Only remains from the fortified castle built in XIIIth century, the rectangular donjon, on the last floor, overhanging with its wooden gallery.

FLEURIEL

TowerXVIth century

Maybe a rest of the castle of the Sire des Allots, destroyed at the end of the XVIth century by a member of a league of  Saint Pourçain.

GANNAT

Calixte tower-Mill XVth century

Tower in horse shoe shape, rest of the last fortified walls.

Public Garden

Renaissance stairs

Avenue Delarue

Village oven XVth century

Former village oven now used by the artist and craftmen of the Société Culturelles et de Recherches du Pays Gannatois.

Rue du four banal

Langy

Pigeon house, XVIIIth and XIXth centuries.

Square basis, roof and lantern covered with small tiles.

LOUCHY MONFAND

Washing-place XIXth century

Le Clos Renaud

Monumental chimneys. Painting walls on the backwards façade.

Halte du Tacot XIXth century (Stop of the Tacot)

"Tacot" was, in the past, the name of a little train which served country villages. This "Stop" has been recently exploited. 

LE MAYET D'ÉCOLE

Croix de Justice XVth century. Listed.

Cross in stone built by the Lords upholder of the law in view to indicate the limits of the law.

MAZERIER

Washing-place XIXth century

Washing-place entirely restored.

Le Bourg

Montaigu Le Blin

Washing-place, XIXth century.

Rectangular pond with a roof in U sheltering the laundress and used to gather rain water.

Montoldre

Well, XVth century. Listed Historic Building

Carved freestone. This well still has its old mechanism in wood.

NAVES

Washing-place du Ruchon XIXth century

Built spring with big monolithic blocks, washing-pond fitted out with leaning paving stones.

PARAY SOUS BRIAILLE

Tower of Villemouze  XIth century

Rest of a former castle.

Saint Gérand Le Puy

Washing-place, XIXth and XXth centuries.

Circular roof and chimneys which warmed this building and provided ashes used as detergent.

Saint Gérand De Vaux

Washing-place, XIXth century.

Pigeon house, XVIIth century. Listed.

Sanssat

Washing-place, XIXth century.

Manoir du Vieux Ponçut, XVth and XVIIIth centuries.

Rectangular manor, flanked by two towers.

TrÉteau

Washing-place

VALIGNAT