Château de Bouzols représenté par Association "Bouzols forteresse d'avenir"

The two treasures of Bouzols:

The ancient castrum of Bouzols overlooks the Loire at the place where the river, emerging from the gorges which guide it and channel it from its source at Gerbier de Jonc, emerges into the smiling basin of Puy-en-Velay.
A legend has long run in the surrounding countryside that there was a secret underground allowing to organize a discreet escape in the event of a siege. Just as secret, but very real, a treasure, for which time and humidity were the most formidable enemy, remained hidden from view from the outside for a long time.
Inside a tower, built in the 13th century within a defensive complex, which then formed the advanced line of protection of the imposing keep, a small discreet and intimate oratory has formed, for several centuries, a striking contrast. with the dark and austere silhouette that stands out above the Loire in the Coubon valley.
But Bouzols conceals another even more mysterious secret. The imposing castle-rock, emblematic of medieval Velay, has a defensive system made particularly ingenious by the care that a "Vauban" of the Middle Ages and his stonemasons took to make it invisible to possible attackers. .
When you come to visit Bouzols, you will be gripped and seduced by this opposition between a ditch, the improbable beating heart of an impregnable fortress and the soft and soothing artistic treasure having now found the colors and the patina that the painter of yesteryear.
You can then meditate on the strange bond uniting these two unknowns, the military genius of the 12th century and the painter of the late Renaissance.

Guided tours from June 25 to September 01 (every day except Mondays)
Route of approximately 1 hour: stables, terraces, citadel, reception rooms,
Chapel.