The Saint-Maurice Fountain in Saint-Robert

Park in the car park in front of the former boys' school (Place de l'École) in Saint-Robert.

(S/E) With your back to the car park, walk down Rue Édmond Michelet towards Ayen.

(1) Take the first street on the right (Rue des Bernadoux) and follow it to a three-way junction.

(2) Turn right onto the road that climbs slightly and follow it to the entrance to Pinsac.

(3) Take the road on the left and continue until you reach house number 901, where the road becomes a path that descends on the left.

(4) Take this path, stay on it (ignore the grassy path on your right) and join Chemin des Bombes.

(5) Turn right onto this path and continue for about 100 metres until you reach a crossroads.

(6) Turn onto the road that climbs to the left, pass Les Bernadoux, then Grange du Coq, and you will arrive at the three-way junction you took at the start of the hike.

(2) Take the small path down to your right and you will reach the Fontaine Saint-Maurice fountain.

(7) Continue along the tarmac road and go up the road on the left towards the village.

(8) Cross Rue Edmond Michelet (D5) and take the small steep path that climbs up opposite. Turn left to cross Saint-Robert via Vieille Rue and return to Place de l'École (S/E).

(7) Fontaine Saint-Maurice:the place owes its name to the presence of relics of the Coptic Maurice of Agaune, originally from Thebes (Upper Egypt), who is said to have been martyred under Emperor Diocletian at the beginning of the 4th century. His relics are now kept in the church of Saint-Robert. According to tradition, the fountain heals sick, frail or stunted children.

Saint Robert's Church: a former priory church belonging to La Chaise-Dieu Abbey. The nave was destroyed and only the choir remains, giving it its unusual shape. In the village, you will also pass by the 16th-century Verneuil Chapel.

The village of Saint-Robert was chosen as the setting for the television series "Des grives aux loups"(From Thrushes to Wolves), released in 1984.