Champagne-Et-Fontaine: Holiday apartments and houses

The Church of Saint-Martin in Champagne-Et-Fontaine is protected as a historic monument. Its main construction phase dates back to the 12th century; later building work was carried out in the 16th century. Above its western bay, it retains a fortified bell tower. The design of its portal is considered unique within the area; the archivolts are decorated with grooves.

Renting a holiday apartment in Champagne-Et-Fontaine can form part of your own travel planning.

Culture and architectural history

In Fontaine, the Church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste was formerly a women’s priory dependent on Fontevrault Abbey. It retains a Romanesque bell tower from the 12th century and rib vaults from the 15th century.

The Domaine du château de Clauzuroux includes a mill on the Pude watercourse that has preserved its mechanism. The Château de Clauzuroux has an H-shaped layout in the French style, an 18th-century portal, and terraces and gardens leading to a bridge over the Pude. The Domaine du château de Clauzuroux is considered one of the finest examples of an 18th-century Périgord manor house.

Roger Adams is a painter and sculptor who works with oil, acrylic, and watercolour paints.

Landscape

The landscape of the municipality of Champagne-et-Fontaines comprises long valley floodplains, steep slopes, and rounded hills. The Lizonne Valley in the north of the municipality of Champagne-et-Fontaines is a Natura 2000 site. The Pude Valley forms the southern lowland area of the municipality of Champagne-et-Fontaines.

Getting around

Champagne-et-Fontaines is connected by the departmental roads RD 101 and RD 2 in a north-south direction, and by RD 100 and RD 2E1 in an east-west direction.

Hérons dans les Champs in Le Clauzurau offers wellness walks accompanied by an osteopath. The wellness walks are customisable and structured around three levels of difficulty or practice.

The Boucle de Champagne et Fontaine starts in Champagne-et-Fontaine and is a 15.6-kilometre circular route. Along it, visitors can discover architectural sights such as châteaux, a Carthusian monastery, a priory, a mill, and a manor house.

More local pages: Saint-Georges-Blancaneix, Dussac, Saint-Laurent-La-Vallée, Razac-Sur-L'isle, Négrondes, Lisle, Saint-Jean-D'eyraud, Teillots.

To the overview of the surrounding travel region: Dordogne.