Travel Guide Saint-Andre-De-Vezines

(Saint-André-de-Vézines) In the records of the Diocese of Vabres, is mentioned «Sancti Andrée de Ovesinis», in 1355, which was translated by «Saint André of the Pays des Brebis». Today, Saint-André continues to have a predominant activity in sheep production for milk production. It is a typical village that has preserved some beautiful old houses. The village's oven has been restored the primitive church, Romanesque, had to be destroyed around 1823 and the current date of 1850. In the interior you will notice altarpiece, cathèdre in carved wood and great Christ. In the village, a wrought iron cross was dated 1786 and thus ranked among the oldest of this type in Rouergue, but its base was dated 1813.A See also ・ Montméjean, a hamlet perched on the steep slope of a piton of the castle ruins.・ Vessac (4 km northeast of Saint-André by the D 203), from the traditional architectural point of view, it is the "type" village, one of the most beautiful of the Causse Noir. At the crossroad, a stone cross of 1665 is certainly the oldest of the Causse Noir.・ The St. Martin Fountain: in a picturesque ravine, it springs under a rock rock. The pleasant site has a rich flora. Trail 200 m below the D 29.・ Roquesaltes and the Rajol, two picturesque ensembles of dolomitiques ruiniformes rocks - this is the continuity of Montpellier-le-Vieux.