ROC DE ROUND WALK, 14 THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS LATRONQUIERE The «Stations of the Cross» in Latronquière church is a fEAZY f SITUATION : Latronquière, between Figeac and Sousceyrac (Junction D31/D653) very original work created by M. Delclaux. He superim- f START POINT : Post Office square posed the traditional images of the stations of the cross in GPS Coordinates : : N 44.799178° E 2.078947° the form of silhouettes on familiar views of Latronquière village. Why do this, you might ask ? It is all the product DURATION : 3 hrs. of a very painful memory. On 11th May 1944, the German army Das Reich division entered the village and rounded

LENGTH : 11 kms up the population on the church square. From there, they

WAYMARKING : Yellow marched the inhabitants through the village and up to Tarinque, where they selected some to be deported. 15 of 693 m PARTICULAR DIFFICULTIES : Wet area them died in concentration camps. after the Etang du Roc 194 m In memory of these people, M. Delclaux painted these 583 m pictures which show the streets through which they passed. In one of the paintings, you can see 15 drops of D From the square outside the on to a track between two dry stone blood, one for each of the 15 lives sacrificed…. Post Office, go to the church square. walls. Continue for 200m, take a Take the little road which goes down track to the right and go along to A former staging opposite the church doorway. Turn the stream. post on the Roman road left twice. Go along by the cemetery, “ Come to a sheep-barn on the linking Gergovia to , and take the first track on the right. 4 hilltop and go back down past the Latronquière was also Fork right and a few metres further hamlet of Renac on your right. At the occupied by the Knights of on, come to the road. bottom of the descent, go left and the Order of Malta. 1 Walk past the hamlet of Le Fau, cross the stream. Further on, take near Le Boudet, then take the track on the road going left, and leave it after ” the left. Come out on the D653. Follow 150m to follow the track on the left this to the left for 100m. Then, go to which leads to the Poutiac pond. the left and immediately right to pick TO SEE IN THE AREA… 5 At the hamlet of Poutiac, continue • Sénaillac-Latronquière up the line of the old Roman road. on the road to the right. 700m further : Tolerme Lake On the plateau, take the track on the on, at the junction, take the second • : 11th C. right through woods of beech, oak Château right to get to the D31 and the Roc de and birch. Further on, going downhill, la Fontaine pond. • Saint Cirgues : Sully’s go to the left and come to the hamlet linden tree of Le Pied d’Oie and the D653. Cross the D31 (you can go all round • Labastide du Haut Mont : 6 The highest point in the the pond if you like) and fork left on 2 Follow this to the left for 100m to the track. At the road, go left to get , providing views over then, at the crossroads, turn left. the hills of the Auvergne back to the village. Continue straight on for 500m and take the track on the right. Come back f FOOD SHOPS/ RESTAURANTS ETC to the road in the hamlet of Sireyol. Latronquière Go along a few metres on the road, then, after the first houses, fork right f INFORMATION then immediately left. Grand Figeac Lot and Célé Valley 3 As you come to the bend, oppo- Tourist Office site a large barn, turn right and get 05 65 34 06 25 www.tourisme-figeac.com