Travel Guide Javerlhac-Chapelle-Saint-Robert

Made up of two former parishes and communes, reunited in 1818, it is crossed by the Bandiat, from the Celtic "water of the druidsess", a river full of fish to which many ponds and tributaries cling. The church of Saint-Etienne, in the village of Javerlhac, was rebuilt in the 15th century on remains from the 13th century. It houses ancient pillars and capitals with sculpted heads. Two people are lying in the enfeu on the side of the bell tower. The castle, with its Renaissance openings and its machicolated tower, was configured in its present state by Dauphin Pastoureau, early 16th century. Nearby, the Martin mill still turns its paddle wheel, as in the thirteenth. La Fuye is a 7-metre high circular dovecote, originally located in the middle of the river. It contains 1,200 pigeon boxes (boulins) and has an armoured weather vane dating from 1737.The church of La Chapelle Saint-Robert has a Romanesque church which was the chapel of a Benedictine priory. Listed as a Historic Monument, it has been restored by the Association de Sauvegarde de l'église de La Chapelle, Bâtiments de France and the Commune. A footpath leads to Pierre Virande, a rock made of orange flint, a monolith which can be linked to a druidic cult, the solar myth or can be considered as a tombstone of a Gallic chieftain... On the road to Varaignes, one can stop in front of the miraculous fountain Sainte-Marguerite.