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A wonderful stretch of the route! The stunning scenery and excellent cycle paths make the Via Rhôna cycle tour a truly memorable experience!

Here is the route for the ascent of the Col de la Croix de Toutes Aures starting from Charubin, the variant passing via the Route de Saint-Marcellin

The church was built thanks to donations from Galiot de Genouillac in 1540, as commemorated by an inscription in a cartouche near the south portal. The work progressed slowly, so much so that in his will of 1545 he stipulated that it had to be completed "according to the portrait with which it was begun, both as regards the building and the roof."

I have seen it several times and it is truly a unique monument 🙂

Unique in the world, the Palais Idéal has inspired artists for over a century. Independent of any artistic movement, built without any architectural rules, the Palais Idéal was admired by the Surrealists. In 1969, it was classified as a Historic Monument by André Malraux, then Minister of Culture, as a work of naive art.

The patronage of this place of worship “Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption” refers to one of the many memorial or festival days in honor of Mary, Mother of God. This goes back to the festival of her physical assumption into heaven. The (Catholic) Church celebrates this festival annually on August 15th. In the Orthodox churches the feast is called the Dormition of the Virgin Mary. In rural areas of Germany with a predominantly Catholic population, it used to be customary for bundles of herbs to be collected by the population on this special day and blessed in a festive service. This old custom has occasionally survived to this day.

Small pass of the Drôme des Collines, but with a sign! It's rare.

Built by a silk industrialist from Lyon in the second half of the 19th century, the Saint-Siméon-de-Bressieux factory has two parts linked together by a glass roof. Adjoining the factory, a large adobe building housed workers who, coming from very far away, stayed on site during the week.