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Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille

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Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille - Tourism, holidays & weekends guide in the Haute-Loire
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Located halfway between the Le Puy-en-Velay basin and the high plateaus of the Mézenc, Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille is a charming village in Haute-Loire, right at the heart of Velay.

This small town of character has kept many traces of its medieval past, as evidenced by its magnificent 11th-century abbey church, a gem of the Auvergne Romanesque style, and its 14th-century castle made of basalt stones and flanked by four circular towers.

Two original museums complete the cultural tourism offering: the first, dedicated to rural folk beliefs, is located on the ground floor of the abbey castle. The second is dedicated to school life in bygone days... and is based in an old school.

For the record, Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille is where the writer Robert Louis Stevenson acquired his donkey, Modestine, who would accompany him on his journey through the Cévennes. This famous itinerary in the Massif Central, now known as the Stevenson Trail or GR 70, is particularly popular with hiking enthusiasts.

More intrepid visitors can try bungee jumping from the site of the majestic Recoumène viaduct spanning the Gazeille!

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Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille

Located 950 m above sea level, about ten minutes from the Puy-en-Velay, Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille is a chief town of canton and the main town in the Community of Communes Pays du Mézenc and the Loire Sauvage with over 1800 inhabitants ; it is the gateway to the Regional Park of the Monts d'Ardèche.

Chaffrienne The city developed around a Benedictine abbey which had its heyday in the eleventh and twelfth centuries and has enjoyed a strategic position, between the Massif Central and the Rhone Valley. From its prestigious past, the town has inherited a considerable heritage: Romanesque church of the tenth century - a Romanesque abbey church in large part with his treasure and his organ in 1518 - a sixteenth century castle, the convent buildings of the eighteenth. Le Monastier is also famous for hosting Robert Louis Stevenson in 1878 before his "journey with a donkey in the Cévennes", and its viaduct said Recoumène, vestige of Transcévenole line whose construction was revived thanks to Laurent Eynac, Prime Minister of the Air Monastier born before being definitively abandoned in the late 30s.

Land of agriculture and culture, motor sports and intense social life, Le Monastier today has many services, shops, businesses and sports and cultural facilities that make it a magnet and a very important town center. Thanks to its dynamism, the town has seen its population rise steadily in recent years; also welcomes more and more visitors who appreciate the richness and diversity of its heritage, but also an increasing number of hikers who walk in the footsteps of Stevenson, on the way to Saint Regis or on one of the many courses of labeled hikes. At the crossroads between Le Puy-en-Velay and the highlands of Mézenc, Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille deserves a visit. Do not hesitate: come discover the land of Mange-goats, human resources and the friendliness of its people, its beautiful landscapes and its heritage, its originality and quality of life. No need for GPS: all roads lead there!

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Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille
Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille
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The Saint John church Monastier
The Saint John church Monastier
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The water Monastier
The water Monastier
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Monastier at the abbey castle
Monastier at the abbey castle
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Château Abbey
Château Abbey
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St. Chaffre Minster
St. Chaffre Minster
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Recoumène the Viaduct
Recoumène the Viaduct
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Water area
Water area
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Exhibition
Exhibition
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Monastier saw the sky
Monastier saw the sky
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Église Saint -Jean
Église Saint -Jean
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reliquary Bust of the twelfth century
reliquary Bust of the twelfth century
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