Plan Correze 700x630 GB:1_TXT_FR_2004 15/06/09 12:38 Page1 MONUMENTS CASTLES TYPICAL TOWNS AND VILLAGES MUSEUMS ECO-MUSEUMS ASTAILLAC (K6) ORGNAC-SUR-VEZERE (F2-F3) The typical architecture of the Corrèze includes picturesque villages of old BRIVE-LA-GAILLARDE (H3-I3) TULLE (G5) AYEN (G1) Château d’Estresses Château de Comborn half-timbered or stone houses, with slate or lauze stone roofs (as can be Musée Labenche - Art and History Museum Musée Départemental Espace des Vieux Métiers, A castel dating from the 14C, 15C and 16C, Square tower (Tour Carrée) Remains of a 15 th century castle and its chapel. Visits of the keep, seen in Xaintrie), as well as numerous fountains, bridges, mills, wells and Miscellaneous collections: geology, palaeontology, archaeology, famous de la Résistance et de la de la Locomotion et des Traditions Populaires ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE and King Eudes’Room (Salle du Roi Eudes). Terraced gardens overlooking th underground rooms and 10 century crypt. Open all year by prior sculpted crosses. men and history, art and decorative arts, folk traditions and natural history. (Museum dedicated to traditional trades, locomotion and folk traditions). the Dordogne. Open from 1 July t o 31 August and by prior arrangement. arrangement. Tel: +33 5 55 73 77 23 Different periods of history have left a wealth of remarkable architectural Open all year. Tel: +33 5 55 18 17 70 - www.musee-labenche.fr Déportation Resource centre. Open all year. Free This museum displays 300 000 tools and various machines from some thirty Romanesque architecture spread widely in the Bas-Limousin region Tel: +33 5 55 91 10 28 - [email protected] vestiges in villages and towns such as Argentat, Aubazine, Centre d’études Edmond Michelet POMPADOUR (E2) different trades. Smithy and boiler-making demonstrations. th th Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne, Brive-la-Gaillarde, Corrèze, Donzenac, of charge. Tel: +33 5 55 26 24 36 from the 11 to the 13 centuries. The granite soil provided a strong, BORT-LES-ORGUES / LANOBRE (E11) e The museum is dedicated to the Resistance and Deportation. Château du XV siècle Gimel-les-Cascades, Meymac, Meyssac, Pompadour, La Roche-Canillac, [email protected] Open from 15 March to 30 November. natural material for the construction of attractive Romanesque Château de Val Visit of the terraces, Castle, the Marquise stables and the Orangerie, Open from 2 January to 24 December. Free of charge. Tel: +33 5 55 25 23 65 or Tel./Fax: +33 5 55 25 01 64 Tulle, Treignac, Ussel and Uzerche. (See description in the Corrèze Practical Tel: +33 5 55 74 06 08 - www.centremichelet.org buildings of a high quality. The most beautiful buildings are found in A feudal fortress overlooking the Lac de Val, built from 1440 onwards Musée du Cloître National Stud Farm, La Rivière Mare Farm, racecourse. Guide). CHAUMEIL (E6) Aubazine (Cistercian abbey), Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne, Meymac, Tulle, by the d'Estaing family. Spring and summer exhibitions, as well as Variable opening times. Tel: +33 5 55 98 51 10 or +33 6 78 62 97 00 EGLETONS (E8) A museum devoted to the heritage of the musi cal entertainment at 9pm in July-August. Open from 1 April to Jean Ségurel exhibition Uzerche and Vigeois. www.les3tours-pompadour.com Centre de Découverte du Moyen-Age Tulle region, including an accordion 15 October, during the February and November school holidays, as well FRANCE’S MOST (Middle Ages Discovery Centre) An exhibition retracing the life and work of this famous accordionist, 2 collectio n which is unique in France. keen cyclist and creator of the Les Monédières Gold Cup There are a number of other remarkable churches throughout as during the Chistmas period. SAINT-GENIEZ-Ô-MERLE (I8) Tours de Merle BEAUTIFUL VIL - 350m of exhibition space on the history, art and techniques of the Middle the department, including Arnac-Pompadour, Brive-la-Gaillarde, Tel: +33 5 55 96 02 49 or +33 4 71 40 30 20 - www.chateau-de-val.com Ruins of a feudal fortress (12 th - 14 th century). Visit to a 10-hectarepark Ages. Open from 16 February to 15 November . Tel: +33 5 55 93 29 66 Open all year. Tel: +33 5 55 26 91 05 (Bol d’Or des Monédières). Open from 15 March to 30 November. LAGES www.ville-tulle.fr Tel: +33 5 55 21 21 0 0 or +33 5 55 21 34 68 Collonges-la-Rouge, Lubersac, Saillac, Saint-Angel, Saint-Bonnet-la-Rivière CLERGOUX (G6-G7) including remains of the village, a reconstructed farm, a medieval LA CHAPELLE-AUX-SAINTS (J5) Collonges-la-Rouge (I4) : Brive-la-Gaillarde, Maison Treilhard and Saint-Robert… Château de Sédières garden, fortress and Maison Madège also possible.Open from April Musée de l’Homme de Neandertal “Jean Bouyssonie” COLLONGES-LA-ROUGE (I4) th th to early-November. Tel: +33 5 55 28 22 31 or +33 5 55 28 27 67 A village built from red sandstone, Exhibits include a presentation of the Neanderthal period and the (15 and 16 centuries) hence the name, and the former Musée des Armes High-quality goldwork Guided tours, plus a festival featu - www.st-geniez-o-merle.com reconstruction of a grave in which a replica of a skeleton found in 1908 Maison de la Sirène, des seigneury of the Viscountcy of is displayed. Open from Easter to November school holidays and by prior A collection of knives and firearms from the Arts et Traditions can be seen in the ring exhibitions, concerts, contem - SAINT-FREJOUX (C10) Turenne. Sights of interest i nclude Tulles Weapons Factory and from around the porary music, opera, equestrian arrangement. Tel/Fax: +33 5 55 91 18 00 - www.neandertal-musee.org Populaires churches of Aubazine, Château du Bazaneix its castles, houses with turrets and world spanning a period from the 17C to the This museum is dedicated to folk Auriac, ballet, as well as activities and A feudal castle surrounded by a moat, with two corner towers and bartizans, old market hall, and MEYMAC (C8/9-D8/9) present day. Open all year. entertainment for children and Musée de la Fondation Marius-Vazeilles art and popular traditions. Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne, one staircase tower, all added in the 14 th century. Currently undergoing slate and lauze stone roofs. Free of charge. Tel: + 33 5 55 26 22 15 Open from 1 July to 15 September, families. Open from 15 June to 20 The museum contains collections relating to prehistory, the Gallo-Roman www.ville-tulle.fr Brive, Chamberet, September and during the spring restoration. Visits of the kitchen, oratory and guardroom. weekends and public holidays Curemonte (J5) : A medieval period, the late Middle Ages and regional ethnology. Open from May to Darnets, Donzenac, and autumn exhibitions. Open in July and August. early November. Tel: + 33 5 55 95 19 15 or + 33 6 15 07 78 21 USSEL (C9-C10) outside of this period. village with three châteaux and Tel: +33 5 55 84 08 03 Egletons, Gimel, Lapleau, Tel: +33 5 55 27 76 40 - Tel: +33 6 83 17 64 98 - www.bazaneix.fr.st [email protected] Musée du Pays d’Ussel Masseret, Mercoeur, three churches. Fine old houses and Tel/Fax: +33 5 55 25 42 48 Château de Sédières www.sedieres.fr TURENNE (J3-J4) Château de Turenne Collections of art, religious ethnography, Cloître de Tulle Noailles, Saint-Fréjoux, ramparts line the narrow streets. NEUVIC (E9-F9) www.amisdecollonges.fr Castle ruins, Tour du Trésor (an 11C keep with guardroom) and Note the attractive corn exchange. crafts, and illustrations of traditional trades are all displayed Saint-Viance, GOULLES (J8) Musée de la Résistance Henri-Queuille TREIGNAC (C5-D5) Tour César (12-13C) with its panoramic views. in this local museum. Open from 16 May to 27 September . Free of charge. Sainte-Fortunade, Carbonnières towers This museum is dedicated to the life of Henri Queuille and to the Resistance Musée des arts et traditions populaires de la Haute et Open from April to October and on Sunday afternoon out of season. Saint Robert (G1) : Situated Tel: +33 5 55 72 54 69 or +33 5 55 72 40 73 during opening hours. Soudeilles and Tulle. Ruins of an 11C and 14C feudal fortress, comprising two square towers movement in the Haute-Corrèze, and displays interesting ethnographical Moyenne Vézère - Maison Marc Sangnier . Tel/Fax: +33 5 55 85 90 66 - www.chateau-turenne.com . on a hill in the Yssandonnais, collections. Open from 15 July to 31 October or by prior arrangement. www.ussel19.fr/presentation_16 html (the south tower was defensive in nature, the north tower residential), Saint-Robert retains much of its Ethnographical collections. Open in July and August. and village. No charge. Curemonte Tel: +33 5 55 95 96 87 - www.musee-henriqueuille.com Tel: +33 5 55 98 15 04 or +33 5 55 98 35 26 - www.tourisme-treignac.fr medieval character with its narrow UZERCHE (E3-E4) Tel: +33 5 55 28 70 84 (town hall) - www.goulles.correze.net th SARRAN (E6) There are also a number streets, medieval shop-fronts and 12 century Romanesque church. Centre Régional de of Baroque altarpieces Musée du Président Jacques Chirac ART C ENTRE MOUSTIER-VENTADOUR (E8) Documentation sur to be seen. Ségur-le-Château (E1) : Local capital during the Middle Ages. Modern history museum exhibiting a selection of MEYMAC (C8/9-D8/9) Ruins of the Château de Ventadour l’archéologie du paysage Ruins of a 12C fortified castle, half-timbered houses and remains which 150 gifts received by Jacques Chirac during his Centre National d’Art Contemporain, Imposing ruins of an 11C fortress overlooking the Gorges de la Luzège time as President of the Republic from 1995 to This documentation centre contains Abbaye Saint-André from a height of 200m.