Industrial Heritage in Bessines-sur-Gartempe

Bessines-sur-Gartempe

Croix de Morterolles-sur-Semme

It is located near the church of Sainte-Anne and is listed as a Historic Monument. The three-lobed cross features a crucified figure, with only the crown of thorns evoking sufferin…

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Croix de Pierrefiche

Trefoil cross standing on a high shaft at a crossroads, with a large granite cube at its base. It is made up of 4 distinct granite blocks. Known as the "Cross of the 3 brothers": "…

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Croix de Sainte-Anne Morterolles-sur-Semme

This may be a keystone - with its ogives and cheetah shape - erected as a cross at an undetermined time, and dedicated to Sainte-Anne, patron saint of the parish. It is carved with…

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Croix du Mazataud

Magnificent cross with arms ending in 3 festoons, carved in dark, almost black granite. The Christ figure is particularly well treated, with its legs crossed, arms bent and a seren…

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Fontaine Saint-Léger

The water rises to ground level in a monolithic stone basin. The flow is not very abundant, but the fountain never runs dry, and its water has therapeutic properties. In days gone …

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Fontaine Seyvaud

In the 19th century, Jean Henri Seyvaud, a child of Bessines who made his fortune in Paris, donated the sum needed to build a fountain, topped by a smiling Bacchus in the heart of …

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Fontaine du Champ de Foire

It was built in two stages: first a basin, then an elevation, so that animals could drink from it during fairs. It dates from the interwar period, after the schools. The fairground…

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Fontaine-lavoir - Lieu dit Le Mas Barbu

The water arrives in a fountain surrounded by 2 flat stones used to support the buckets, then flows into the washhouse lined with slightly sloping flat stones where the washerwomen…

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Lavoir - Etang de Sagnat

This is a recent addition to our heritage, probably dating from the late 19th century, when advances in hygiene meant that laundry (bujades) was done outdoors and collectively. It …

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Lavoir couvert

Built in 1931 in the traditional Limousin masonry style. The washerwomen used to go there to wash their clothes, using their beater. This space was an outward extension of the wome…

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Loge de berger dite Loge aux abeilles

Built in the mid-19th century from local granite. It is dry-stone masonry, i.e. built without any binding materials such as mortar or cob. It has 2 functions: the first floor was u…

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Pierre Belle

Granite basin cut by a left-handed craftsman, probably intended to form the basin of some fountain. 5 m in diameter, 25 tons. Located 2 km from Bessines (Lavaugrasse), it was moved…

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Pierre du Général et jardin d'amour

It was moved from Bersac to Bessines in 1992. It is a curious anthropomorphic megalith of coarse-grained granite with two micas, 3.50 m high, 1 m square and weighing 12 tons. Two d…

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Vallée du Rimaury et murets de pierres sèches

Just a few hundred metres from the village, a 2 km family stroll through a typically Limousin landscape in the Vallon du Rimaury (a tributary of the Gartempe) reveals a well-presen…

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