Fontaine Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Rural heritage, Fountain
in Bussière-Nouvelle
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An emblematic heritage of the Limousin and Creuse regions, good fountains are places of worship and veneration, their waters believed to possess various curative virtues. From the Middle Ages onwards, in view of their widespread success, the church had no choice but to Christianize them, sometimes associating them with a cross or a chapel, but above all by naming them after a saint. In Bussière-Nouvelle, on the day of the Nativity of St. John (the patron saint of the former parish of...
An emblematic heritage of the Limousin and Creuse regions, good fountains are places of worship and veneration, their waters believed to possess various curative virtues. From the Middle Ages onwards, in view of their widespread success, the church had no choice but to Christianize them, sometimes associating them with a cross or a chapel, but above all by naming them after a saint. In Bussière-Nouvelle, on the day of the Nativity of St. John (the patron saint of the former parish of Blavepeyre), a procession made its way to the fountain of St. John the Baptist in Blavepeyre to offer prayers for the protection of the village.
