Pierreclos

One of Elisabeth's wanderings with me took us by a place where the poet Lamartine had lived.

The French are considerate. If you forget to notice the name as you enter a town, there will be a sign to tell you where you have been. That was a Lamartine chateau in Saint Point.

 Then we stumbled on a less prestigious chateau...

As we circled the building we noticed what seemed likely to be the remains of an old moat.


We continued along a narrow road called Col des Enceints. A col is a pass over high terrain from one valley to the next.


We saw this interesting arched entrance.

 When we were able to look down into the next valley, there was the chateau Pierreclos.

The tiled roof is the most interesting aspect of this chateau.

More tiles are at the entrance gate...

Not far from here are the old gypsum mines.

I may get to stop by them again, but they can be found further back in this blog.