Travel Guide Saint-Cirgues-Sur-Couze

Beautiful village dominated by the towers of its castle, unfortunately, in ruins today following a fire that destroyed it in part some fifteen years ago. Nevertheless, after leaving the car on the shaded square, you can admire the remains, still magnificent of a castle at the beginning of the th century, which links the architectural plan between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. In the xviiith century the countess of Rupelmonde, a muse of Voltaire, who was often on holiday in his property of Saint-Cirgues transformed it again to give him the current silhouette Val de Loire. The water of the Couze was brought to the foot of the towers and the west gallery adorned with beautiful arcades with a reach. Work on consolidation of the most prominent parties is being undertaken this year under the aegis of Historic Monuments. Looking out from the park the Gothic cross of the th century - small square left after town hall. It is the most remarkable of gourmets crosses, the only provincial one whose molding is preserved in the museum of cast rugs in Paris. It is in andesite - Pierre stone. The coiled drum has four écus ECU, and it is seen in addition to that of the King, that of Thomas Bohier and his wife, the first owners of the castle.