Millevaches trail with Longeyroux

Construite au XIIIe, cette église est dédiée à Saint Jean-Baptiste comme beaucoup de sanctuaires élevés par les moines-soldats. Elle conserve un charme certain malgré sa toiture d'ardoise un peu raide (elle était autrefois couverte en chaume).

Educational panels are installed here to help you understand the landscape. Please take a moment to read them to understand better the panorama that is available to you.

The round-leaved Sundew (rosolis rotundifolia) which cannot find its food in the soil will seek it in the animal environment by capturing small insects in its leaves.

Sphagnum (sphagnumsp.) is a moss whose dead parts will eventually form the peat. It can absorb up to 30 to 40 times its weight in water. It acidifies the environment by attracting mineral salts to it.

The round-leaved Sundew (rosolis rotundifolia) which cannot find its food in the soil will seek it in the animal environment by capturing small insects in its leaves.

The Grass Snake (Natrix natrix) is semi-aquatic. Living as a youngster near water sources, it can leave this biotope as an adult. It mates once in spring and once in autumn. It spends the winter in natural shelters.

The Longeyroux: from the Latin "longarius", which stretches in length. It evokes the length of the valley and the slowness of the Vézère river on the plateau.

In a peat bog, the water is acidic; there is little oxygen and almost no bacteria. Under these conditions, the decomposition is inhibited. Bodies have been found in very good condition. So under our feet...

Le circaète Jean Le Blanc (circaetus gallicus) se nourrit principalement de reptiles et il affectionne particulièrement les tourbières. Il construit son nid dans un endroit très tranquille, et toujours dans un pin sylvestre. Le femelle pond un œuf unique par saison.