Espagnac-Sainte-Eulalie
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Lot | |
| Arrondissement | Figeac | |
| Canton | Causse et Vallées | |
| Community association | Grand Figeac | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 36 ′ N , 1 ° 50 ′ E | |
| height | 161-426 m | |
| surface | 9.75 km 2 | |
| Residents | 91 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 9 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 46320 | |
| INSEE code | 46093 | |
| Website | www.espagnac-ste-eulalie.fr | |
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The French commune of Espagnac-Sainte-Eulalie is located in the Lot department in the Occitanie region . The village with 91 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) is located in the Célé Valley and is part of the Causses du Quercy Regional Nature Park . The GR 651 long-distance hiking trail leads through Espagnac-Sainte-Eulalie , a variant of the GR 65 that largely follows the historical course of the French Way of St. James, Via Podiensis .
geography
Espagnac-Sainte-Eulalie is located on the southwestern edge of the Massif Central on the banks of the Célé, a right tributary of the Lot . The next town is Figeac , which can be reached through the Célé Valley in an easterly direction via the D41 and D19 after about 21 kilometers of road. The nearest major French cities are Lyon (268 km) in the northeast, Toulouse (114 km) in the southwest, Bordeaux (194 km) in the west and Montpellier (196 km) in the southeast.
history
The place developed from the Espagnac monastery. It was first founded by the wandering monk Bertrand de Griffeuil between 1130 and 1140 in the municipality of Santa Eulalia. Around 1160 it was destroyed in the first war with England . In 1211 was the Prioress a Elisabeth Augustine - nuns monastery founded. A church and several buildings were built on the left bank of the Célé. However, this place turned out to be unsuitable, it was flooded several times. Around 1624, Hebrard Aymeric Saint-Sulpice, Bishop of Coimbra ( Portugal ), had new buildings built. These were officially handed over to their destination on May 16, 1293. At the behest of the bishop, the abbey was consecrated to the Blessed Virgin . It bears the name Val-Paradis d'Espagnac . The religious community of nuns remained active for almost ten centuries until the monastery was dissolved in the French Revolution in 1792 .
Way of St. James ( Via Podiensis )
There are two pilgrimage hostels (French: Gîte d'étape ), several private rooms (French: Chambre d'Hôtes ) and a campsite in the village . The GR 651 variant continues along the Célé valley , past the Grotte du Pech Merle , crosses the Lot valley at Saint-Cirq-Lapopie and joins the GR 65 again between Limogne-en-Quercy and Varaire . As a road connection, the D41 runs parallel to the Way of St. James into the Lot Valley.
Attractions
- The Val-Paradis des Espagnac church was the heart of the Augustinian monastery. The original building from the 13th century was around 50 meters long. In the Hundred Years' War it was partially destroyed. Reconstruction took place in the 15th century. Today the Gothic building is used as a parish church. Inside there are three monumental graves. One of them bears the portrait of the founding bishop and a second the portrait of the first prioress. The bell tower on the south side with its octagonal roof is unparalleled in France.
- The preserved facilities of the monastery of Our Lady of Paradise Valley with attached gatehouse and priory as well as remains of the cloister date from the 13th and 18th centuries.
- The Romanesque church of Santa Eulalia on the right bank of the Célé is the remainder of a monastery that was founded in 974 to care for the pilgrims of St. James. The transept chapels were not added until the 19th century.
- The Sainte-Eulalie grotto contains prehistoric drawings dating from 13,000 to 9,000 BC. Were dated. The drawings show very realistic representations of reindeer, horses or goats. The cave is not open to the public.
literature
- Bettina Forst: French Way of St. James. From Le Puy-en-Velay to Roncesvalles. All stages - with variants and height profiles. Bergverlag Rother, Munich (recte: Ottobrunn) 2007, ISBN 978-3-7633-4350-8 ( Rother hiking guide ).
- Bert Teklenborg: Cycling along the Camino de Santiago. From the Rhine to the western end of Europe. (Cycling guide, route planner). 3rd revised edition. Publishing House Tyrolia, Innsbruck 2007, ISBN 978-3-7022-2626-8 .
Web links
- [1] [2] ( Memento from January 31, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) - Images from Espagnac-Sainte-Eulalie
- Causses de Quercy Regional Park (French)
- Along the Via Podiensis
- Community information (French)
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