Pleaux - To see and events

Medieval village in High-Auvergne

To see and events

For a best visit, ask for the handbook " En parcourant Pleaux " that which can be found in the Lac’s bookstore or in the tourist office. This handbook begins by a page of history then links to a guided tour. Few houses have plenty of character ( house Malley, Dapeyron, Naudet), several are manorial (the castle of Lignerac, the Luguet, the castle of the Doignon) and adorned of a turret, roofs are covered with lauze (lava tile).

Castle of Luguet

House of the New Sculpture, place of Empeyssines. Tel.: 04.71.40.43.37

Church of Pleaux, religious art exhibition all the year. A handbook - guide describes the church as well as objects exposed.

Medieval feast, end May, in Pleaux.
Festival of the Xaintrie, 1st fifteen of August, in Pleaux.
Fair to the second-hand trade and to antiquities, mid - August, in Pleaux.
Fairs, 13th and 27th of each month, in Pleaux.
Country markets in season, Friday from 19pm to 23pm and the morning Saturday.
Apiaries of Enchanet, visit on appointment. Tel.: 04.71.40.40.47
Farmer products. Visit and sale to the farm. Thérèse Sevestre, in Fages, Loupiac. Tel.: 04.71.69.40.11

Events

Contests of fishing, end September - early October, in Arnac. Tel.: 04.71.62.91.90

Pilgrimage of Notre-Dame du Château, mid - August, in Saint - Christophe les Gorges, pilgrims come to venerate there a Virgin black to the child, brought probably from Holy Land, by Raoul of Scorailles (1098).

Pilgrimage of Notre-Dame des Miracles, mid - May, in Mauriac.

Medical pilgrimage beside relics of Saint - Côme and Saint - Damien (owner of physicians), end June, in Brageac.

Pilgrimage of Enchanet, in the chapel, the miraculous statue of Notre - Dame de la Guérison (17th c.) that was found, according to the legend, in the cavity of a great rock overlooking the river Maronne, makes the object of a pilgrimage the 8th September.

Feast of the Plantade and the local handicrafts, mid - July, in Escorailles.

Feasts of the bread, end July to Chaussenac, beginning August in Loupiac and mid - August in Escorailles.

Great contests of carriage of Escorailles, mid - July, to the Castle of La Vigne. Tel.: 04.71.69.00.20
Fair to the second-hand trade, mid - July, in Salers. Tel.: 04.71.40.72.33
Folk dancing with " The Sagranière ", mid - August, in Salers. Tel.: 04.71.40.72.33
Feast of the Renaissance, end - July, in Salers. Tel.: 04.71.40.72.33. Theater of street, medieval market and extras dressed.
Feast of the Cheese, early August, in Salers. Tel.: 04.71.40.72.33

Old bee-skep