Our Lady of the Rock chapel
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Saint-Projet-de-Salers is located at an altitude of 800m, bordered to the east by Mandailles and Le Falgoux, to the south by Tournemire, Girgols and Lascelles, and to the north by Fontanges. It is worth noting, perhaps uniquely, that a single boundary marker determines its point of contact with the communes of Saint-Chamant, Fontanges and St-Rémy-de-Salers. It is watered by the Bertrande, the source of which is located on the mountain of En Bertrande, at the bottom of the mountain of En Chavaroche, on the southern slope, and by the streams of Légal, Merlius and Viellespèze. The commune is site...
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The road from the Col de Néronne to Salers is one of the most beautiful in the Cantal. From the pass, you can see Le roc des Ombres (1633 metres), at the foot of which the Maronne river springs forth. This 64km-long river flows through St-Paul-de-Salers and St-Martin-Valmeroux. It is a tributary of the Dordogne and is highly varied, forming a small torrent in its upstream section with cascades, then widening (15 to 25m) and deepening further down. The head of the valley is particularly interesting, enough to have been classified by the département as a "Sensitive Natural Area" in 2008. The eco...
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Anglards-de-Salers is one of the Cantal's largest communes, its population has stabilised or even increased slightly in recent years. Deeply agricultural, it is made up of a multitude of hamlets and around 60 kilometres of roads. Three of the villages have their own church and cemetery. The architectural heritage is extremely rich, both vernacular (ovens, wash-houses, wells, wayside crosses....) and major (churches, château de la Trémolière). The landscapes are all the more interesting for their variety (woods, meadows, mountain pastures, streams....). Two of the town's jewels are the exceptio...
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