Things to see and do France

On 67 kilometres, the Allier gorges as you can't see them other than by train! Through along the Allier River, the journey lasts a little less than 2 h, with a gentle ride to better enjoy the beauty of the landscapes crossed to Langeac. It is enriched with comments on architectural and natural heritage, ideas of visits, historical anecdotes, or gastronomy… After an afternoon of free visits, the return is made by train or not. Tickets are available at the tourist office.

Below Chaudeyrolles, there is a marsh covered with a giant cauldron called "the Narces". In south Velay, narce means wetland, swamp. Instead, the term. is used. Until the end of the Second World War, the inhabitants of Chaudeyrolles had accustomed themselves in the early summer to pick up peat, a mixture of rotten wood, plants and land. This peat was shaped into small bricks that were drying in the sun so that they lost their water. In winter, these small, light and porous peat bricks used fuel to fuel furnaces (as in Ireland). Chaudeyrolles was probably the only commune in the department to use peat as a means of heating. The peat bog is now reduced due to the exploitation of peat and drainage to allow grazing.

2 km from the village, an altitude lake (1 236 m) formed in the volcano explosion crater (maar). This 30 ha lake is fed by underground sources and small streams. The study of its depths (7 metres of water covering almost 130 000 metres of vase) has allowed scientists to assess the climates and landscapes of the Mezenc massif of yesteryear, dating back nearly years! It is populated by various fish varieties: . carp and trout. It's private property, you don't have access to it, but a pleasant trail makes it a big tour.

Started in 1935, the construction of the Eagle Dam was completed only in 1945. It was nicknamed the «Resistance Dam», because its construction site housed the Cantal Army Resistance Organization during World War II. The shadow amée voluntarily delayed its construction, so as not to offer additional energy power to the occupier. The Eagle Dam is also distinguished by its architecture. It is 290 m long and 90 m high. The construction of a fifth production group in 1982 makes it the most powerful EDF in the Dordogne basin with an installed power of 360 MW. A guide will make you discover the operation of hydroelectricity and allow you to enter the heart of the EDF's EDF plant. An industrial heritage that contributes to the duty of memory: it is essential!

In the middle of the th century, a ferry was allowed to reach Chanteuges on the other bank of the Allier River. In 1887, the construction of a bridge on the river resulted in the boatmasters's disappearance. It was in the house of the smuggler that this original and unique museum was built in France. A collector of ancient objects in iron-white, Abbot Paul Bidault, the pastor of Le Mans, left his rooms in 1986 for the first fund of the museum. Another collector, Claude Fustier, a dentist-dentist in Langeac, also gave his collection to the museum with some 300 pieces. In 1988, the museum was made up of 700 objects purchased in Sommières in Gard. The iron-white, that is, the tin sheet of tin, was used for centuries, especially for the manufacture of household objects. Cake molds, buckets, bidons, teapots, coffee makers, plats… Some pieces are particularly remarkable, with the image of this steam-run egg drummer. We will also discover a large number of religious objects: quête, ciboires, shrines, chalices, some dating back to the th and th centuries. Toys and military objects are also exposed.

Pedestrian, what a delight! We leave a shop to go to another, and so on until the wallet is flat like a flounder! Suffice to say that it is a street that proudly bears its name, that's it. Among its shops, there are also small jewels, including the magnificent Chapellerie Mouret, renovated while maintaining the authenticity of the 19th century. For this reason, it is classified as a Historical Monument. Cheaper, free look at the only half-timbered house in the city dated 14th-15th centuries. Superb!

It was built between 1861 and 1864 - the steeple between 1893 and 1896 - in order to meet the needs of the summer population. Replacing a building of the 1864 th century (located at the location of the current halls), the church was assigned to worship in. The building has no transept and has three naves. The 23 stained glass windows are in the th century. They are the work of Meuret de Nantes. In the summer, the church hosts some concerts.

One of the few known bifaces wayside (th century), representing on one side the Crucifixion and the other the Visitation. Pen ar ran means in Breton state point.