Travel Guide Thuret

Situated on a small eminence in the Typical, the village is dominated by a th century dungeon, the last remaining relic of a castle owned by Scottish finance John Law. The Superintendent of Finance is somehow the creator of the currency. But speculation, the justice of its political and financial enemies caused bankruptcy and its escape! Thuret is also the birthplace of Pierre Romancon, a brother of Christian schools, the first public teacher in Saugues, where the socket of Saint Bénilde is preserved, the name of which is known after his canonization in 1967. The church dates back to the th century. The lintel in the southern porch shows a superb Christ nimbé in a mandorle. It is located under a beautiful pulley voussure. Admire inside the Black Virgin and capitals showing Adam and Eve, the Good Shepherd, the man chained to his sins…