Aubazines: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes
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Culture and History
The Abbey of Saint-Étienne is open to visitors as part of guided tours. Gabrielle Chanel lived at the orphanage housed in the monastery of Aubazine at the beginning of the 20th century.
The Cromlech of Puy de Pauliat is the only cromlech in Limousin and has been classified since 1889. It consists of 44 upright stones forming a diameter of 40 metres and surrounding a menhir that is now lying on the ground.
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Nature and Hydraulic Engineering
The summit of Puy de Pauliac is 524 metres high and overlooks the Brive basin and the Corrèze Valley.
The Canal des Moines is an exceptional 12th-century hydraulic engineering structure measuring 1.5 kilometres in length. Cistercian monks cut part of it into the rock and built part of it along a cornice on the rock face. The canal supplied the monastery with running water and served to supply fishponds and mills. It can be explored on an approximately 1.5-hour round trip or on circular hiking trails of around 3 hours.
Historic Paths
The Circuit des Monastères connects the men's monastery with the remains of the women's monastery in the Coiroux Valley and passes by the Coyroux waterfall.
Surrounding Area
The immediate surroundings of Aubazine include the historic site of Abbaye Saint-Étienne d'Aubazine and the ruins of Prieure de Coiroux. The historic site of Prieuré de Saint-Jean de Derses is located in the vicinity of Aubazine.
In the wider region surrounding Aubazine is Château de la Fage. The Roche de Vic and Roc de Maille mountains are also located nearby. The Puy d'Yssandon hill is likewise situated in the wider region surrounding Aubazine.
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