A surprising installation that this fortified village in the middle of the plain. Originally, it is a creation of the hospitals of Saint-Jean in Jerusalem in the th century on the French road leading from the Mediterranean to Paris by the Vallée de l'Allier, to welcome poor and pilgrims. Enlarged in the 25 th century with the erection of a cylindrical dungeon of m high, then next century, reinforced with nine towers, the enclosure crossed the centuries. Today, the fort benefits from a remarkable restoration campaign that makes it possible to understand the organisation of one of these sauvetés, by passing through its streets. In the chapel dedicated to Saint Jean-Baptiste the magnificent statuette of the Majesty's virgin virgin and the child Jesus, the masterpiece of the craftsmen émailleurs in Limoges, offered in 1319 by the Grand Master of the order Odon of Montaigu, whose on - the warrior - is located in the church of Olloix.

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