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Piédestal de Fontaneilles

Piédestal de Fontaneilles
Caves à Vin d'Entre Deux Monts
départ au château de Peyrelade
Vue vers les Gorges du Tarn
Puech de Fontaneilles et Vallée du Tarn
Credit : Pierre ANDRIEU

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Come and explore the Pedestal of Fontaneilles, a medieval fortress built on a rocky peak, dominating the valley and offering a 360° panorama.Leave the parking and go up to the castle, then follow the path on the right that goes along the ramparts, on 400 m.Get on the path that rises on the left. on 100 m, stay on the path on your right. It goes up in undergrowth, reaches the wooded plateau of the Puech de Fontaneilles and ends up on a forest path.Make a round trip on the right to gain in 300m, the television antenna and enjoy the sight on thr valley of Trébans and the village of Bourg. Retrace your steps and continue straight  ahead on the forest path to arrive at a junction.On the left side, go towards the Pedestral, about 400m. View on the valley of the Tarn, the village of Rivière-sur-Tarn and the hamlet of Caylus perched on the hill on the opposite side. Retrace your steps and come down by taking the forest track in wide laces. Once crossing the gate, go along on 100m and foward on the little path on the left. It leads to Fontaneilles, at a big farm.Get on the left path, 500m after yhe wooden barrier. Keep this track until the road which leads to Col. Follow the signage until the cellars of Entre-deux-Monts.Retrace your steps until finding the path common to an entrance of a field. Follow it until reaching the road of Fontaneilles. Go up on the left and take on right site 200m further to come towards the village.Return on the road and go down until Fontaneilles and cross the village. After the church, take the second street on the left. At the crossing out of stones, follow the path that passes bellow an agricultural shed which continues until Louradou.At the crossing of Louradou, take the path going up to the hamlet of Peyrelade. Take time to discover the castle, a fortress of the 12th century, which the visit allows you to retrace the time of the Lords of Rouergue.

Technical informations

This circuit was updated on: 10/03/2024
11 km
3 h
max. 845 m
min. 485 m

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Starting point

Lat : 44.196511Lng : 3.14843

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Château de Peyrelade

Construit entre le XIIème et le XVIème siècle, le Château de Peyrelade constituait au Moyen-Age l'une des plus importantes forteresses du Rouergue, grâce à la position de son rocher-donjon naturel qui lui permettait de contrôler la vallée du Tarn. Aujourd'hui, la visite guidée permet de découvrir l'histoire mouvementée du site, son architecture très particulière, ainsi que les nombreux travaux de restauration et de fouilles entrepris depuis 30 ans. La visite se termine par l'ascension sur le rocher qui offre un panorama superbe sur le secteur de la vallée et des Gorges du Tarn. Parcours scénographique avec maquettes, animations et tables d'interprétation et vidéo.

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Le Piedestal de Fontaneilles

À la fin du XIXe siècle, trois prêtres (l'Abbé Lubac, l'abbé Cazes et l'Abbé Pineau), entreprirent le faramineux projet d'ériger une statue de la Vierge Marie sur le Puech de Fontaneilles, qui pourrait être apreçue de tous les horizons, des Causses et du Lévezou.La construction du Piedestal ne fut pas sans peine. Une dizaine d'ouvriers s'y attelèrent pendant deux années.Les villageois participèrent bénévolement pour créer un chemin d'accès afin d'acheminer les matérieaux nécessaires au chantier.L'eau d'une source, découverte au début du chemin, fut receuillie dans des barriques et servit à la confection du mortier. La pierre fut extraite et taillée sur place.Le Piédestal terminé n'attendait plus que la statue de la Vierge qui, commandée en belgique, ne vînt jamais.Escroquerie, mensonges, détournement de fonds, nul ne sait ce qui s'est réellement passé...

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Peyrelade castle

Built between the 12th and 16th centuries, the Château de Peyrelade constituted one of the most important fortresses in the Rouergue in the Middle Ages, thanks to the position of its natural rock-dungeon that enables it to control the Tarn valley. Today, guided visits enable you to discover the site's turbulent history, its very particular architecture as well as numerous restoration works and digs that have been undertaken in the last 25 years. The visit ends by climbing onto the rock that offers a superb panorama of this section of the valley and the Gorges du Tarn. Scenery walk with models, reconstituted drawings, animations and viewpoint indicators.

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The Pedestal of Fontaneilles

At the end of the 19th century, three priest (Abbot Lubac, abbot Cazes and abbot Pineau), undertook colossal project to set up a statue of the Virgin Mary on the Puech de Fontaneilles who can be seen by all the horizons, the Limestone plateau and Lévezou.The construction was not easy. About ten workers got down to it during two years.The villagers voluntarily participated to create an accessible path to transport the necessary materials for the construction of the site.The water of a source discovered at the beginning of the path was collected in barrels and was use for the preparation of mortar. The stone was extracted and cut on the spot.Once the Pedestal finished, it was only waiting on the Statue of the Virgin that was ordered in belgium and never came.Swinle, lies, embezzlement, nobody knows what really happened. 

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Les caves d'Entre-deux-Monts

At the entrance of the Gorges du Tarn, the wine cellars Entre-deux Monts is located above Fontaneilles.The old vaults out of thick flagstones on the slope of the peak of Suège, is a village which offers discoveries.Each family possessed their cellars to preserve and refine the wine. The door facing north side, twoo small vertical openings and the fleurines (a crack in the rock of natural cellars) as in Roquefort, guaranteed a fresh and constant temperature.In these ancient times where only vineyards and some herds enabled the survival of modest peasant economy, the village of cellars was also a place of friendliness wher the fontaneillois meet every sunday.

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Additional information

Departure

From the Castle of Peyrelade

Arrival

At the Castle of Peyrelade

Ambiance

By traveling the north then south hillsides of the Puech de Fontaneilles (witness of the Grands Causses geologie), discover a rich heritage full of history: the castle of Peyrelade, the mysterious Pedestal and also the village of the wine cellars d'Entre-deux-Monts (not to be missed).

Access

(By the D809 and the D907, 15 km from Millau) At the entrance of the village Boyne ,a street on the left that goes up to the castle of Peyrelade.

Advised parking

Parking du château de Peyrelade

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Pensez au covoiturage et à l'autostop Rezopouce ; Aires de covoiturage

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