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The Château d’Alleuze

Mounted on a steep and rocky promontory overlooking the Alleuze River, is the 12th century Château d’Alleuze. Once a busy castle stronghold overrun by soldiers, it now lies in ruins. Its thick stone walls have seen and heard battles and destruction but now, it is a lovely, quiet place to visit and reflect on the […]

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Towering 120 metres high over the Truyère river, the Viaduc de Garabit

Viaduc de Garabit

Before Gustave Eiffel built towers, he built bridges. There are hundreds of steel bridges in France, Portugal, Brazil and even China, designed and constructed by his engineering company in the second half of the 19th century. Towering 120 metres high over the Truyère river, the Viaduc de Garabit is perhaps the most marvellous of them

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