Vasivière would come from '' go iver " (the temple of water); the site is an old Celtic place honouring the divinities with water of Couze, Clamouze and the lake Pavin. Notre-Dame naturally took the succession of these divinities, like source of life...

The origin of Besse in Chandesse is still to elucidate. Concerning the name of the village, one knows that there is nearly thousand years, fires of Besse depended on another place, more important: chandess, today hamlet of Chandèze. At the time medieval,...

Not far from Besse, while going down again in the valley, the caves of Jonas are there to speak a little history to us. Right before turning on the small shaded road, a small lost village, Cheix. Obligatory stop! On the side of the road, vis-a-vis a pretty...

On the road leading of Besse to Ronzières, the village of Brionnet. Nothing important good, if it is not a vault posed on a dyke, that one sees by far. It dominates all the area, and makes me much think of Saint Michel d' Aiguilhe. There too, one needed...