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The Church of Our Lady of the Navitiy was built in the 12th century. This Romanesque-style monument was considerably altered with age, so much so that only the foundations are original today. The walls, for example, were raised shortly after the Hundred Years' War to allow refuge rooms to be built under the roof. The Romanesque façade, for its part, was remodeled during the Gothic period. The use of grison, a local grey stone very common in this area of Charente, limited the sculpted decoration to its strictest expression; this stone was unsuitable for sculpture. On the other hand, the church has a painted fresco, rediscovered in the sanctuary during restoration work. Like all medieval churches, Notre-Dame de Brossac was once surrounded by its cemetery, abandoned in 1843. Outside, in the north wall of the nave, there remain two funerary recesses intended to shelter the burial of high-ranking figures. https://www.sauvegardeartfrancais.fr/projets/brossac-eglise-notre-dame-de-la-nativite

The church of Saint-Laurent-des-Combes which overlooks the valley. It is a Romanesque church from the 12th century restored in the 19th century. Its façade now has a gable wall topped with a stone Latin cross. The building is covered with a roof of flat tiles. The church of Saint-Laurent-des-Combes has preserved interesting baptismal fonts, the basins where the water used during baptisms rests. Containing the holy water, they rest on a base decorated in a remarkable way; they are supported by a pillar formed of four columns and covered by Corinthian-style capitals. The whole is composed of two tanks. One is intended to contain the holy water and the other, pierced with a hole, is used to evacuate the water used during baptisms. A trefoil cross adorns the whole. Large Acanthus leaves, characteristic of the capitals of the Corinthian order, adorn the main basin. https://www.sauvegardeartfrancais.fr/projets/saint-laurent-des-combes-eglise-saint-laurent

Artificial natural site formed by the exploitation of a clay quarry

Beautiful route, there is a restaurant at the lake and from Rioux-Martin you can make a nice round trip

This is a fishing lake. A path allows you to follow the banks in a very nice environment.

The trail offers a beautiful view of the blue lake of Guizengard. The water takes on a thousand azure hues, creating an almost unreal setting. The site has great ecological value with the presence of numerous plant and animal species. Among the most remarkable, the bee-eater, this beautiful, brightly colored bird has found refuge here to the delight of walkers.

Church built in the 12th century, having subsequently suffered from wars, in particular that of the Hundred Years. Restored in the 15th century. Single nave plan, ending with a straight apse. The nave is divided into three bays. The walls have large arches resting on very wide pilasters. Ribbed brick vaults were built in 1881 and rest on round columns. The transept is slightly wider. Cupola on pendants. A wall separates the used part of the building from the old chancel, which had three bays of 15th century ribbed vaults. These were destroyed. The bedside wall is straight and lit by three windows. The western facade opens with a semicircular portal with three arches and circular columns of primitive appearance, and is decorated with two blind doors. Two heads adorn the tympanum of the south blind door. The triangular gable has been truncated and ends in a modern campanile. The north side retains the square tower of the old 15th century bell tower.