RAMBLE AROUND 10 THE FORTIFIED CHURCH OF THE BASTIDE Originally, this was just a chapel which, during the fEAZY f SITUATION : Rudelle, 5 kms from Lacapelle-Marival on the D840 troubled times of the Hundred Years’ War, was fortified f START POINT : Village square in order to provide a refuge for the local population. This religious edifice was built in the Gothic style in the 13th C. GPS Coordinates : Coordonnées GPS : N 44.722753° E 1.878445° and is a perfect example of a fortified church in Quercy. Its architecture makes it look much more like a keep than DURATION : 2 hrs. 30 mins. a religious building. LENGTH : 9 kms On the lower level, the church itself comprises a single

WAYMARKING : Yellow rib-vaulted nave and a pentagonal apse. In the 14th C., it was surmounted by a vaulted room with arrow-slits 429 m and steps leading up to the flat roof, around which ran a 141 m sentry-walk equipped with defensive works. 347 m

D From the village square (just 5 Come back to the road, go to the up from the church) go left. Before right then fork left on the tarmac Starting from the the cemetery, take the road on track. bastide of Rudelle, this your right. Turn left on to the track. “ When you come to a cross-track, ramble will take you from Follow this to the junction 6 turn right on to the wide track sui- the Causse to the Limargue, with the D840. stopping to see the table for vehicles to get back to the GR. At a crossing, turn left then right Cabrimont spring which, 1 Take the dirt track which goes before the cross. Go via the rest area, in the 12th C., used to slightly uphill opposite you. cross the stream and turn left to get supply a leper hospital. 2 At the next crossing, go right back to your starting point. then, where the path divides, fork ” right. Continue on to the road. TO SEE IN THE AREA… 3 At the crossroads, leave the GR • Anglars : Listed and take the road opposite which Romanesque church goes along beside the pines. At the • Lacapelle Marival : junction, take the D15 to the right 13th-16th C. castle, 15th then turn left on to the road going C. church and covered market down to Freysssinet. • : 16th C. châ- 4 Fork right, go past the «Cabrimont» teau (Hist. Mon.) 16th C. spring then turn right on to the track church (Hist. Mon.) which goes into the woods. Follow f FOOD SHOPS/ this up to the junction with the D15. RESTAURANTS ETC Turn left, go 500m, then turn right. Lacapelle-Marival f INFORMATION Grand and Célé Valley Tourist Office 05 65 34 06 25 www.tourisme-figeac.com