Travel Guide Auzon

It is said that Auzon was saved by a pig. All good Faire, as an amateur of meat supplied by this beast to the tail by hook, must know the story… During the 100 years war, Auzon, drawn on its rocky spur and thus protected, lived its hours of glory. The English were then siege it. With the aim of reaching out to the inhabitants of Auzon by creating the famine, they settled and waited. A day is enough for him to no longer have a bag of wheat and a pig in the fortified enclosure. The inhabitants gavèrent the animal with the remaining wheat and the lâchèrent outside the walls. The English, seeing this well-wearing pig, believed that the barns were still full and therefore raised the siege. This is how Auzon was saved, according to legend, by a pig! Considered once as one of the Thirteen Good Cities of Auvergne, Auzon stands at the confluence of two deep gorges. This city retains the traces of a rich Middle Ages around its Romanesque church, equipped to the south of an imposing porch open on three sides. A high perched town, Auzon was surrounded by ramparts. With four Doors closing the city, it is now only the Brugelet. Between lanes and hanging gardens, it is nice to walk in Auzon. Between the collegiate and the town hall, one of the last th-century houses houses markets and sometimes serves as a venue for musicians during festivities and balls. At the bottom of the town on a small square that hosts the initiative union. The toddler will take a surprise over the wooden giant mushrooms that drove there in 1996.