Le Buis: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes
Le Buis can be discovered through specific local features: the Croix dite du Buis ou du Marchand has been listed as a Monument historique since 28 January 1986. The Eglise Saint-Martial is a Romanesque church dating from the 11th century.
Anyone choosing Le Buis as a destination and wishing to rent a holiday apartment can plan their accommodation around this location.
Culture
On the south side of the Eglise Saint-Martial are two sculpted modillions on the façade with a triangular gable. Its bell tower is covered with chestnut-wood shingles.
The Croix du Marchand is a granite Hosanna cross with trefoil-shaped arms and an octagonal shaft. It owes its name to an attack on a merchants’ caravan in 1612, which was returning from southern France after collecting spices there.
Every August, the Le Buis Blues Festival brings groups from around the world together for four days of music in several villages, including Le Buis. The travelling Le Buis Blues Festival concludes its events on Saturday evening in Le Buis. The Buis Blues Festival developed into an annual village festival in Le Buis and is held in several villages of the intermunicipal community.
Getting Around
The Croix du Marchand lies along a 13 km-long footpath that almost encircles Le Buis; a 13 km-long footpath runs almost all the way around the municipality of Le Buis.
Regional bus route 18 connects Limoges, Nieul, Nantiat, Le Buis and Magnac-Laval. To reach the Sentier de la Couze, after taking the N520 towards Poitiers, follow the RD7 towards Compreignac, passing through Thouron and Le Buis, and then take the RD711 to Roussac.
Geographical Setting
In the wider region around Le Buis are Oradour-sur-Glane as a historical site, the Abbaye de Boeuil as a historical site, the FRAC-Artothèque Nouvelle-Aquitaine as a museum, and the Artothèque régionale du Limousin as a museum; the Artothèque régionale du Limousin is closed.
For the higher-level travel overview: Haute-Vienne.
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