Église De Toulx Sainte Croix En Creuse ©j. Damase
Start your day off right with this hike through the heritage of Toulx-Sainte-Croix.
Small village 12 kilometers from Boussac, it will offer itself to you through its Church with a separate bell tower and statues of lions, its Tower which offers you a breathtaking 360° panorama on 7 departments and finally this classified natural site, land of legends : Les Pierres Jaumâtres.
10.3 km of discovery of an exceptional built and natural heritage! Don’t hesitate to take your time so as not to lose a crumb of what Toulx-Sainte-Croix has to offer:
The only Creuse church of the Romanesque-Poitevin type, the Church of Saint-Martial has the particularity of having its bell tower separated from the nave due to the collapse, probably in the 16th century, of the three central bays. Three granite lions guard the entrances of this building classified as a historical monument since 1986;
The Panoramic Tower built on the initiative of Abbot Aguillaume and completed in 1957, is located at the highest point of the mountain (655 m), at the place called “Brûdalis” at the very location of the Gallic signal tower ;
Les Pierres Jaumâtres, a classified site grouping about forty granite blocks, sometimes in balance, is a land of legends: giants, fairies, druids, etc., all this beautiful world would have taken up residence on Mount Barlot.
-> Find the route of the circuit here
