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This small, welcoming and welcoming inn is ideally located. Its terrace is very pleasant, and the hosts offer delicious traditional cuisine. Please note: the inn is not open on weekends.

The town of Souvigny was chosen by the Bourbon dynasty as the religious capital of its duchy. Thus, the commune became the necropolis of all the Bourbon lords.

Old railway bridge, nice to pose for a moment.

Cozy café next to the Church of the Holy Trinity in Autry-Issards Cozy café next to the Church of the Holy Trinity in Autry-Issards

Dated from the first half of the 12th century and placed under the name of Saint Julien, the church of Dornes was partly rebuilt at the beginning of the 16th century and finished with a canted apse. Its portal projects, three arched archivolts, two of which fall onto columns and capitals carved with leaves and animals. Its bell tower is square, it has a spire covered with slates, it occupies a central position, and has two bells, the bell tower is pierced with double arched bays, on each of its four faces, the bays are separated by two columns. On a slab in the church, the Epitaphs of François Manquat, first dean of the chapter of Dornes (founded around 1530), died in 1552, with a design of a very elegant chalice, and of Jean Vezier, one of the first canons from the church. Under the choir is a sepulchral vault of the lords of Dornes. The town bought the Dornes church on March 27, 1810. In the 20th century the church was renovated thanks to a subscription from the Dornese.

The fourth church in Villeneuve, work began in 1903 at the request of Father Dumas. In 1905 it was placed under the name of Our Lady of the Assumption and Recovery. The two existing bells in the bell tower come from the old church.

Romanesque church with Burgundian, Auvergne and Berry influence. Built at the end of the 12th century and the beginning of the 13th, the current building belongs to the transitional Romanesque style. Indeed, if it is Romanesque in its general plan, the ornamentation of its portals and its capitals, its narrow semi-circular openings, its elegant apse and its cul-de-four vaulted apsidioles, it is "timidly" Gothic through the vault of its nave. Furthermore, built at the crossroads of three dioceses, this construction was influenced by the Burgundian, Auvergne and Berry schools. The capitals are most interesting: intertwined foliage, heads of grimacing men and beasts, grotesque masks... A statue of the Virgin with the bird in polychrome wood dates from the 17th century. It is remarkable for its state of preservation and its subject: Mary holding the child Jesus in her arms with a bird perched on his hand. This refers to the apocryphal gospel of the childhood of Jesus according to Thomas written in the 3rd century: Jesus as a child performs miracles such as giving life to clay birds.

The building bears witness to Burgundian Romanesque art with its semi-circular portal, at the bottom of a splay decorated with eggs and tori: numerous historic capitals. In the 15th century two side chapels were added, including the chapel of the Holy Cross which since the Revolution contained the relics of the Cross of Christ and a thorn of the Holy Crown. These are now at the parish house. At the back of the 12th century nave, the romantic 16-stop organ dates from 1892. During his stays in Bourbon, Camille St-Saëns accompanied the services on the latter.