Curemonte

Three castles and three churches crowd onto the narrow ridge of Curemonte, which drops more than sixty metres to the Sourdoire valley on one side and the Maumont on the other. The village is recorded as early as 860 and flourished in the 11th century under the viscounts of Turenne. The 45th parallel runs through the commune, halfway between the North Pole and the equator.

Highlights

• The castles of Saint-Hilaire and Plas, and the Château de la Johannie
• Saint-Hilaire de la Combe, an 11th-century Romanesque church
• The former church of Saint-Genest, now a museum of religious art
• Ridge-top views over the Sourdoire and Maumont valleys

Summary based on Wikipedia and Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA), written with AI assistance.