Things to see and do Saint-Robert

You are here in one of the most beautiful villages in France, organized around a Benedictine monastery. Don't sulk your pleasure in strolling through its old streets and alleys where you will discover the seigneurial residences of the Dukes of Noailles, Verneuil and the Cars family, the castles and fortified houses built in blond limestone and covered with flat Perigordian tiles and Corrèze slates, mullioned windows, old walls decorated with succulent and flowering plants, and lovely gardens. Don't hesitate to go around the church to admire its chevet, its sculpted capitals, the lantern of the dead and the defensive square tower and to go to the end of the terrace: you will be rewarded by the vast view of the Yssandonnais and the Brive basin which is ideal for daydreaming. On the square there is a mission cross bearing all the instruments of the Passion of Christ. Go down below the village to the good fountain of Saint-Maurice, which according to the legend gives back beauty and vitality.

A jewel of Romanesque art, this church was part of a vast priory attached to the Abbey of the "Chair God", founded by Robert de Turlande. The Benedictine monks contributed to its construction in 1122, imposing building on the edge of this vast plateau dominating the country. Despite the violence of the wars of Religion and the Sling, which only saves the choir in the ambulatory and the transept, it retains its nobility and greatness. In the interior, the ambulatory of the pilgrimage churches surrounds the enhanced chorus. Notice the sculpted capitals: the one located near the entrance to a juggler (frequent companion of pilgrims on the route of Compostelle) and the expression of the face of the very beautiful Christ, a pure gem of Spanish origin, which seems to follow you and, in turn, to speak, look and communicate his suffering and tenderness; view of the right, his eyes evoke the serenity of death seems to follow you. In summer, the church hosts classical music concerts at the "Festival de Saint Robert" and guided tours are organised.