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The district
of BORT LES ORGUES in the CORREZE department
Arrondissement
of Ussel
BORT LES ORGUES :
is a small town with 3,600 inhabitants, located
down in the valley at the foot
of the organs, altitude 437 m. The river Dordogne flows
through it. Since all time, it was the passage place between
Auvergne and Limousin. As the country's centre of trade
with an old tradition of industry, Bort became also an
important centre of regional tourism thanks
to the immense storage lake of the hydro-electric dam
which goes by the name of this city (round-visite gratis).
The organs les Orgues of Bort : important flow
of phonolite, 2 km wide and 80 - 100 m high. It is,
with the Puy de Bort, the best observatory
of the Auvergne Mountains and the Limousin plateau.
Le Saut de la Saule : gorges of the Rhue river
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an
impressing spectacle of the water which jumps over a rocky
barrier with vertical walls.
-castle Château de Pierrefite (XVth century) private
-church of XIIth and XVIth century dedicated to
St. Remède and St. Germain
-Centre Culturel (library)
-Cinema « Le 7ème Art »
-Museum of Tannery and Leather
-heated swimming pool - tennis courts at the stadium.
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The district
of Bort includes 9 other communes all situated above the
valley on the Limousin plateau at an altitude of 620 -
750 meters.
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SARROUX
: shares
with Bort the Complexe Touristique des Aubazines
and borders
the storage lake up to Outreval passing
by the Site du Mont.
SAINT JULIEN PRES BORT
: possesses
the marvellous Site de Saint Nazaire where
the rivers Diège and Dordogne meet together.
MARGERIDES :
charming little borough around its beautiful church.
The Gallo-roman relicts which have been
excavated show that
the plateau was already inhabited before our era.
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Les
Orgues de Bort |
SAINT VICTOUR :
and its castle with pink tiles in a surrounding
of pools and centenary trees. Riding centre near
to the pool Etang Noir.
MONESTIER PORT DIEU
: located at the border of the storage
lake, with its Site de la Vie from where
you discover the most beautiful view on the Château
du Val ; its Roman church
with the magnificent alter-piece of the XVIth century.
CONFOLENT
PORT DIEU
: dominating the confluence of Dordogne
and Chavanon.
Only the wonderful Chapelle des Manants in Trappes
with the relicts of the old cloister edified
in 1060 remains of the old village Port Dieu, which
has been submerged by Dam and bathing places's water.
THALAMY : where
the airield of Ussel-Bort is located, is
the ideal place to collect mushrooms in the forests.
VEYRIERES :
its footpaths in the underwood take you to the beautiful
church of XIIth century. Loose stone, menhir.
SAINT BONNET PRES BORT
: in the heart of a green and calm country,
has also a very beautiful Roman church with a polyflapped
portal.
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