Saint-Clair de Verdun

Immerse yourself in the past while exploring this site and its pre-Roman chapel, surrounded by the forest, in the heart of the Ségala region.

In early times, humans appeared to be attracted by the Verdun site, which name comes from the Celtic language and refers to a promontory hillfort.

Remains of this military function are still there, though they are not as aged as the Gallic era: the tower and the walls still visible were erected during the Middle Age.

The site's climax is undoubtedly the Saint-Clair Chapel - classified as a historical monument. Built at the end of the first millennium, it is ornated with wall paintings carried out in 15th-century Flamboyant Gothic style.

Visited for ages by pilgrims who came to pray to Saint Clair, it was abandoned in the 1950's.

After decades of desertion, the place comes back to life under the leadership of the Saint-Clair de Verdun Association, that is dedicated to restoring and livening up the site.

The association also offers the visit of the chapel of St Vincent de Lugan. The visits are only in French.

Access : carpark alongside the road, in a recess. Then, you need to walk for 200 meters.

Explore our other sites with tourist maps: Sauveterre-de-Rouergue, Baraqueville, Boussac, Naucelle & Gramond.

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For our disabled visitors :

The path to the site is gently sloping. You can use an all terrain wheelchair. Be carefull, there is a step to enter the chapel.

All the area below the chapel and castle are only accessible through uneven stone stairs.

The dry toilet on site is not adapted to disabled visitors.

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