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BOUEX - forest – Lover's oak loop from Bouëx

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BOUEX - forest – Lover's oak loop from Bouëx

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BOUEX - forest – Lover's oak loop from Bouëx

04:02

49.1km

710m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 7, 2026

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558 m

Saint Stephen's Church in Bouëx

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In 1146, the church was donated to the Abbey of Saint-Cybard by Pope Eugene III. It was largely ruined by the Calvinists, then restored after 1631 and in the 19th century. The fortified barrel-vaulted narthex opens onto a three-bay nave, vaulted in 1872 with a brick cradle. A large doubleau separates the nave from the false square surmounted by a ribbed vault. The choir, raised by two steps, is surmounted by a ribbed vault decorated with triple toric rafters. The berries are surrounded by bezants or facing sawtooths. The entire bedside can be dated to the third third of the 12th century. The exterior was redesigned at the time of the Hundred Years' Wars: on the facade remain the consoles of a bretèche. A small quadrangular bell tower has been mounted on the top of the gable. The walls of the nave have been raised. The windows received large interior embrasures to facilitate the shooting of crossbowmen and narrowed on the exterior. This church was linked to the castle. It materializes the different ideas on restoration over the centuries.

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Bouëx Castle

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This feudal castle, built in the 15th and 16th centuries, has passed from family to family over the centuries. It is said that he had such an impressive orangery that it was sold in 1893 to the city of Bordeaux.

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7.30 km

BOUEX - forest

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9.28 km

Saint-Martial Church

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Dominating the surrounding countryside at the edge of the village, this beautiful Romanesque-style church built in the 12th century has a very beautiful sculpted decoration on the facade.
The part of the building dedicated to Saint Martial predates 1110, but its facade and apse are from the second half of the 12th century. Already modified in the 13th century by the realization of a ribbed vault above the eastern span of the nave, it was enlarged by two side chapels in the 15th century.

The facade divided into three levels by bands, is endowed with sculptures of great finesse of execution. On the ground floor, between two blind arcades, the portal has four arches. All the arches rest on small columns with capitals carved with small figures, animals and motifs. Above, five blind arcades, with the exception of the central one pierced by a small bay, rest on small columns with capitals decorated with palmettes. The gable was redone in the 19th century.

The nave is barrel vaulted for three of its spans while the fourth is on cross ribs. There is no transept and it is the chapels created in the 15th century that overhang the south and north sides. The bell tower rises above a dome on pendants.

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Saint-Cybard Church of Dignac

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The building, constructed in the 12th century, was enlarged in the 15th century by the north and south aisles dedicated to the Virgin and Saint John the Baptist. It was restored in 1875-1876. It has a basilica plan with a single nave, on which is grafted to the east a false square surmounted by a dome on pendentives and which ends in a vaulted apse. Side chapels with flat chevet were added, to the north and south, in the 15th century. The facade is pierced by a door with a triple projection and an open window. The building was fortified at the time of the Hundred Years' War. The whole is surmounted, to the east, at the level of the dome, by a square bell tower on two levels. The base is decorated with three blind arcades; The upper floor is decorated, on each side, with three semicircular arches mounted on small columns, highlighted by a circular stringcourse and enclosing twin bay windows.

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41.0 km

Lover's oak

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Magnificent crossing point with a nice climb to finish arriving at this place.

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49.1 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

23.0 km

13.3 km

8.85 km

3.97 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

22.1 km

15.2 km

10.8 km

1.01 km

< 100 m

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Highest point (220 m)

Lowest point (90 m)

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BOUEX - forest – Lover's oak loop from Bouëx

Saint Stephen's Church in Bouëx

Bouëx Castle

BOUEX - forest

Saint-Martial Church

Saint-Cybard Church of Dignac

Lover's oak

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