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Perfect for stocking up on drinking water! Great for picnics

A beautiful view over the valley will make your picnic memorable here. There is a small shelter meant for washing oneself, and a pump providing water

There is no doubt that you are in Haute-Loire in Saint-Haon. In fact, we find the specialties of this department there: the cultivation of green lentils from Puy, the making of lace and cheeses. The town church, in Romanesque style, catches the eye with its comb bell tower which has four arcades. You will also find a bar and small shops.

Is it because you change department and enter a new world that this town took this strange name? Is it because there were once mines here which offered new perspectives to the inhabitants? The best is to ask the inhabitants of the village directly, if you come across them.

It was at this Pradelles gate that the most famous and legendary feat of arms in the history of Pradelles took place on March 10, 1588. At the heart of the wars of religion, a Protestant troop, attempting to seize the city which commanded the passage between the Rhône valley and the town of Puy, was repulsed after a fierce battle at the end of which the captain of the attackers had his helmet. enclosed” by a stone. Nevertheless, Jacques de Chambaud survived and still had the opportunity to distinguish himself in the service of Henri IV, before dying of congestion in 1600.

The current church of Pradelles was built to replace an old church, in Romanesque style, which had become too small for a population which reached 2000 souls at the end of the 19th century. The plans were drawn by Mr. Tracol, architect, and adopted on August 16, 1897; the demolition of the old church began in March 1900, and the first stone of the new building was laid on June 26, 1900. The new church was inaugurated on November 12, 1902. In the washerwomen's lane, south of the church, two old Gothic style doors are classified as historic monuments. From the square located behind the church, in front of the Presbytery, the view extends from the ridges of Margeride, to the west, to the summits of Mont Lozère. The old brothers' school, to the west of the square, now houses the "Living Draft Horse Museum".

Great view of the lake from the road.

On leaving Arquejols, the old railway bridge blends into a setting of green hills.