Saint-Illide
The village of St-Illide is located at an altitude of 625m. At the 1999 census, the municipality had a population of some 670, often referred to as ‘Saint-Illidois’ or ‘Miraliers’, the district covers 39.71km². Bordered by several rivers, the Saint-Illide plateau marks the transition between the volcanic mountains to the east and the old crystalline plateaux of the Limousin to the west. Note: Romanesque church enlarged in the 15th century (15th century choir stalls and 16th century bell tower)
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The vallée de la Doire (Doire valley) runs near the Col de Legal. Among others, it includes the villages of Tournemire, Saint-Cernin and Saint-Cirgues-de-Malbert.
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At the very beginning of the Christianity (in the 6th and 7th centuries) in the Upper Auvergne, the city grew around the original Saint John the Bapstist church (nowadays destroyed). We found again the importance of this church into the development of Pleaux in the etymology of the name itself. “Plebes” means in latin a baptismal church. During the 9th century, five monks and a prior came from the Charoux abbey (Haute-Vienne) and settled here. They encouraged the building of the present Saint-Sauveur church, now called the Saint John the Baptist church (listed monument) and a monestary. In 128...
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Thanks to its fertile ground and white-water springs, Saint-Bonnet-de-Salers enjoys rich, fine-grass pastures grazed by herds with "mahogany coats and lyre-shaped horns". The world-famous “Salers” breed cattle have their own museum here: The Maison de la Salers, as well as the headquarters of the Salers Evolution Group, which is responsible for selecting and promoting the Salers breed across France and internationally. This breed was "renewed" at the end of the 19th century by Tyssandier d'Escous, a native of Saint-Bonnet, who turned it into a cow that was both solid and magnificent, but also ...
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