De bästa landsvägscykelrutterna runt Lac De Sidiailles

Bästa utsikten har du från bron.

Indeed, the population has been declining since 2008 (630 inhabitants compared to 543 in 2022), Vesdun has gradually seen its businesses close, bistro, butcher, bakery, grocery stores, the post office moved to the town hall, etc. ... in the 90s-2000s, Vesdun was a very beautiful, lively village, now it is more of a through road between Vallon en Sully and Culan although there is still a nursery/primary school.

Vesdun actually seemed a bit quiet, maybe we were there at the wrong time of day

The Romanesque church of Huriel, built in the 12th century, was once the seat of a priory dependent on the powerful Abbey of Déols, a Cluniac monastery in Berry. Built of Jarges granite, it blends Auvergne influences with its superb octagonal bell tower with blind arcades, reminiscent of those of major churches such as Saint-Nectaire or Saint-Saturnin.

The center of France is unfortunately located in a pretty deserted village. However, the descent is fun in every direction.

Nice little church. Otherwise, the village is pretty deserted.

Silence in the center - we expected more

At the beginning of the 12th century, the church was mentioned as a possession of the Abbey of Déols. A Benedictine priory-cure must have existed. The building appears as a rural church from the 12th century to which a chapel was added to the south (16th century) and to the west a bell tower-porch (1861). The Romanesque church, without a transept, includes a rectangular nave covered in the 16th century with a paneled barrel vault, extended by a large rectangular apse ending in a flat apse. The apse retains historic capitals. A fragmentary painted decoration develops in two parallel registers on the north and south slopes of the choir vault. The scenes represented are taken from the childhood of Christ: Annunciation, Visitation, Nativity in the north; Journey and Adoration of the Magi in the South.