Laguenne-sur-Avalouze

A former fortified town (once protected by walls), Laguenne is now a charming village nestling at the bottom of a valley bathed in water. Along the ganette that runs through the village, old shops and half-timbered houses lead to the small church of Saint-Martin. Inside is Notre-Dame-de-Laguenne, a magnificent polychrome stone statue dating back to the 14th century and listed as a Monument Historique. The village of Saint-Bonnet was built on a small promontory surrounded by green hills. As you enter the village, you'll come across the 13th-century church, whose doorway is surmounted by two lions facing each other. On the altar rests a beautiful polychrome stone pieta. The church also houses a 7th-century reliquary shrine, a rare example from the Merovingian period