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Villages in the Cluny area
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cPressy-sous-Dondin
16 km west
Away from the major roads, the village
of Pressy-sous-Dondin marks a transition
between Charolais and Cluny country, with
the small Gande Valley marking the border.
Although Cluniac architecture remains
omnipresent, with its gallery houses and
square dovecote, yellow stone has disappeared
to be replaced by grey granite.
The main monuments to see in Pressy are Dondin Castle, Marchizeuil Castle, Pressy
Castle, the castle metal store, the old chapel, the Henrys estate, the church, Notre
Dame de bon secours chapel, the windmill and the washhouses.
Art-craft.
Balade entre Clunisois et Charolais (8,5 km).
The landscape of this village is influenced by
the copse-covered hills so characteristic of the
Charolais region. Four well-marked footpaths
(forest route, water route, village discovery and
around the village) can be taken to discover the
various local curiosities, that is the washhouses
(notably the one in Gros-Chigy with its strange
fountain covered and crowned with a 4 sided
pyramid like the top of an obelisk), Gros Chigy
Castle (private) and the 11 th century Romanesque church, which is a classified
historic monument.
VISIT AND DISCOVER THE CLUNY AREA
15 km northwest
cSaint-André-le-Désert
Formerly a wine-growers village, Saint-Vincent des Prés is
today mainly involved with cattle rearing. The 11th Arti-craft, self-catering cottages.
cSentier de la forêt (8,5 km), sentier de l’eau (8 km), découverte de la commune (12 km),
tour de la commune (20 km).
Saint-Vincent-des-Prés
14 km west
century
Romanesque church (probably built between 1030 and
1063 after the design of Cluny II.) is classified as a historic
monument. The Bézornay deanery appears in a charter
dated 909. The estate was built up mainly between 980
and 1010. Bézornay retains a fragmented, irregular high
wall, connected to a tower with a gate and the traces
of a drawbridge.
Art-craft.
Entre patûres et forêts (8,5 km).
The village is crossed by the GR 76 a route taken by
pilgrims on the way of Saint James (Santiago de Compostella).
In the 12th c
8,7 km south
Sainte-Cécile
century church don’t miss the wall
paintings by Michel Bouillot which decorate the apse.
Art-craft, restaurant.
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Balade en forêt des Litauds (5 km).
Salornay-sur-Guye 12 km northwest
Salornay is located at the confluence of two rivers, the
Gande and the Guye. The village’s history is deeply marked
by the existence of these two rivers so it’s no surprise to find,
built over time, six washhouses, five bridges, including Saint
Catherine’s Bridge and the Grand Pont which date from
medieval times and the remains of water mills, including the
La Clochette water mill (exhibition room where, in the summer).
Also of interest: the church with its bell tower and apse from the Romanesque period.
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Art-craft, restaurant, store, bed and breakfast, self-catering cottages, campsite.
Le Péril (4,3 km), les lavoirs ( 4,4 km), la Folie (5 km), Cras (6,3 km), les Maux (7,5 km).
17 km west
Sivignon
The church houses a magnificent 18th A village that formerly worked in diverse crop growing,
it now concentrates on cattle rearing and forestry. A
castle reigned over the country for many years but was
abandoned in the 19
century retable built
from polychrome and gilt wood, which includes four statuettes
(inscribed on the Inventory of Historic Monuments)
which has recently been renovated. In 2005 the first prize
in the Departmental Heritage competition in the category
«restoration of works and objects of art» was awarded to Vitry-lès-Cluny for its retable. Not far
from the church is an ancient feudal castle built on a rocky spur (private property).
th century and then dismantled with
its stones being used in particular, it is said, to build the
village church.
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Bed and breakfast, self-catering cottages, art-craft.
Les trois ruisseaux ( 8,5 km).
Vitry-les-Cluny 9,6 km west
Bed and breakfast, self-catering cottages, art-craft.
Les trois moulins ( 5,7 km).
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