Saint-Antoine-de-Ficalba, un cheminement vers Doumillac et Cambes
Two passageways under the N 21 allow the realisation of this rugged itinerary which offers some beautiful views and connects the three churches of St-Antoine, Doumillac and Cambes.
This hilly itinerary offers some beautiful viewpoints and links three churches. The existence of the village from which the walk begins, comes from the establishment of a commandery of Saint-Antoine in the 12th century, but also from the development of white figs imported from the East. The town was then called Saint-Antoine-de-Ficualbano, then Saint-Antoine-de-Figues-Alba before taking its current name, Saint-Antoine-de-Ficalba. Along the way, you will discover the churches that make up the landscape of the Grand Villeneuvois: St-Antoine, rebuilt in the 16th century, which housed a commandery of hospitaliers in the Middle Ages, the church of St-Pierre-ès-Liens in Doumillac, nestled in the vegetation, and Cambes, a former Benedictine priory dating from the 12th and 16th centuries, which depended on the abbey of La Chaise Dieu.
