Lavaudieu, literally "the valley of God", is a pretty village on the Senouire. It is built around a Benedictine abbey from the Middle Ages and is labeled "The most beautiful villages in France".
The Basilica of Saint-Julien de Brioude is a Romanesque-style basilica in the Auvergne region of France[note 1] located in the commune of Brioude, in the Haute-Loire department of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It is listed as a historic monument.
This church is said to be in the Auvergne Romanesque style. Its magnificent size, its different colors of stone, its richly decorated exterior and interior walls and its location in the city center of Brioude are impressive.