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Leaving St Geniès de Comolas via the Grand Chemin de Pegueirol you also discover a beautiful view of Mont Ventoux with the beautiful feudal castle of Montfaucon in the foreground.

Nice village with a square and terraces

The Saint-Michel church in Caderousse is one of the rare examples of Provençal Flamboyant Gothic architecture. Built in Romanesque-Gothic style, it consists of a nave, four bays, and a semicircular Romanesque apse.

What peace on this November 3rd! And the softness of the forms adds to this feeling of plenitude. History: The Saint-Jean-de-Rozilhan chapel replaced, around the year 1000, a Christian oratory which had itself replaced a Roman temple erected on the major ancient road axis going from Nîmes to Alba-la-Romaine, in Helvie. This South-North road axis passes 100 meters from the western facade of the chapel. Many shards of medieval pottery lie among the Gallo-Roman witnesses along the rows of vines which border the northern facade of the chapel. Tombs in the shape of stone chests have been found nearby. They date from the 12th and 13th centuries. But the primitive architecture of the chapel shows that it existed in the Carolingian era, perhaps before the 10th century. Then the community moved to the village of Gaujac where life was better, abandoning the building where they met to pray to Saint John, the village's patron saint, asking him for daily bread and continued health.

"The Saint-Martin chapel probably occupies the site of an ancient pagan temple built along a Roman road: in fact, on one side, Saint-Martin is located along a road which once linked the road Nîmes-Alba with roads along the Rhône valley and, on the other, a Roman funerary stele used for reuse in the base of a pillar of the chapel attests to the pagan origin of the site2. The current chapel dates from the 11th and 12th centuries2,3: its construction began around 1050, in a place where the regional market was held4. This market having been transferred to Bagnols in 1223 on the orders of King Louis VIII4 (who also demolished the castle of the Count of Sabran which dominated the village), the chapel was abandoned by the markets and pilgrims and has not survived.

I agree with Jan, this is quite a dangerous bridge. I was worried my 700mm+ handlebars were too wide for the pavement so rode on the road. A macho driver drove past within centimeters at 80+KmH. On the return trip I used the pavement and it is actually ok for modern MTBs if you take it easy. Two older women were crossing with bikes but pushing them as they too were worried about riding on the pavement. Bottom line, use the pavement, either riding with care or pushing the bike if not that accomplished.

The dike surrounds the beautiful village of Caderousse, its town hall on which the Rhône floods are indicated and its St Michel church. The gourmet restaurant Café de France is a must for true gourmets.

Small Romanesque chapel located in the town of Gaujac. You cannot visit it because the door is closed, but through the gate you can see the choir of the chapel.