The Ruisseau des Belles Dames

(S/E) From the Place de l’Église, turn right and walk down Rue des Acacias. Walk past the cemetery and you will reach the Croix l’Aneau crossroads.

(1) Head straight on down the road opposite, pass by a pond and continue towards La Graulière.

(2) Turn right before the village of La Graulière and continue towards La Malférie for about 1 km.

(3) In the hamlet, take the path on the right and, at the end of the straight stretch, turn right. Follow the Chemin des Vigirouillas and then veer left, near the pond, until you reach the road.

(4) Turn left, cross the Orne bridge over the Belles Dames stream and turn right towards Sarrette.

(5) Walk through the village of Sarrette and turn right towards Les Pradelles. Before reaching the house, head down the path on the left and then turn right until you reach the Belles Dames stream.

(6) Cross the small wooden bridge and head back up into the woods along the footpath, then follow the track towards Bourbon. At the road, carry on straight on towards Pissac until you reach the D7.

(7) Cross the road and continue towards Petit-Pissac Bas (not shown on the IGN map), then take the track on the left.

(8) At the junction, turn right until you reach the road at a place called Le Petit Pissac and continue straight on towards the D7.

(9) Cross the road and take the path opposite to reach the Place de l’Église in Beyssenac (S/E).

Green trail, route no. 14.

The^12th-centuryRomanesque church, dedicated to Saint Médard, was restored in the^14th,^18th,^19th and early^21st centuries with the support of the Fondation du Patrimoine, and features contemporary stained-glass windows made of glass and cement. These windows are the work of Benedictine monks from Fleury Abbey in Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire.
It is a Romanesque-era building, with the west entrance and the nave likely dating from ^the14th ^century. Médard was Bishop of Noyon in the 6th century, and is credited with all manner of miracles. It was he who consecrated Queen Radegonde to God when, as Queen of the Franks, she decided to take the veil.

In the past, Beyssenac was home to a commandery of the Order of Malta, which had a chapel of devotion containing an enamelled copper reliquary. The Order of Malta was the first religious and military order to emerge from the Crusades. Founded in the mid-11th century, it welcomed sick and needy pilgrims into its hospices.

The Saint-Fiacre fountain (near the church) is said to have healing properties for convulsions and digestive disorders.

The Moulin du Pont Lasveyras: Situated on the banks of the Auvézère, it is one of those places where history has left its mark: on 16 February 1944, 34 young Resistance fighters from the Violette Battalion were executed by a German firing squad, 12 were deported (7 of whom escaped), and 3 survived the attack.
The mill is now a memorial site where an exhibition recounting these events is open to the public every summer (on Saturday and Sunday afternoons from July to September).