The best road cycling routes around Fournaudin

Beautiful church in the village of Dixant, dating from the 9th century. Two additional bays were built in the 13th century with heads of figures on the capitals.

This church was built in the 19th century and combines brick and stone in a Gothic style. It has a high bell tower-porch that can be seen from afar. The church is located in the heart of the Pays d'Othe, a rural region with forests and fields. You can enjoy the natural landscapes and the tranquility of the village. The church is also near the Ancre River, where there is a renovated washhouse. You can also explore the neighboring hamlets of Bercenelle, Concise and Vallée.

Founded in 1209 on the edge of the forest of Othe by the Order of Gramont, a religious community which had an important influence in the region, this priory was ruined by the Hundred Years War, but rebuilt at the beginning of the 16th century. The order was abolished in 1772 and the building sold for its stones during the French Revolution. Of the priory, all that remains today is the arcature of the facade as well as the ruins of the chapel and the priory dwelling. In the 19th century, there were still ribbed vaults, but they collapsed. The apse which had walls rising up to 4 m also collapsed during the winter of 1996-1997. It is a private property open to the public only on certain occasions such as heritage days. Difficult to see anything other than the facade visible from the road. For other points of view, a short film is available here: https://www.dixmont-yonne.fr/decouvrir/videos/prieure-lenfourchure/

In the middle of the forest, you will find at this intersection a menhir 1.3 meters high with this plan.

This pierced stone is in fact a megalith in cliquart sandstone (variety of hard sandstone) with a height of around 1.40 m in square shape and which, according to recent archaeological expertise, dates from the Iron Age (around 700 years BC) . It is located at the crossroads of two very pleasant roads that cross the forest.

At the foot of a climb in the forest, here is a calm valley in the heart of which this monument was erected in memory of a group of resistance fighters who worked in the region. A few hundred meters away, the rock of the devil which is made up of a pile of rocks; the small road that leads to this rock ends in dirt roads. The water in the fountain is marked as non-potable. I haven't tried it, but it can at least be used to cool the face or body in case of hot weather.

Very nice view of Saint Florentin from the marina.

Saint Florentin is a pleasant little town that has been very well restored. The two fun and informative anecdotes to take away from the city are as follows: during the Revolution, Saint-Florentin was one of the most dynamic places of Theophilanthropy, a religion which succeeded the cult of reason and the supreme being between 1798 and 1801. During the convention, the anticlerical republicans renamed Saint-Florentin and called it Mont-Armance between 8 Germinal of Year Two (March 28, 1794) and 6 Ventôse of Year Three (February 24, 1795). The city is located on the edge of the Armance and the Burgundy Canal, but also the N77. Some ingenious minds wanted to take inspiration from the legendary American route 66 in the hope of attracting tourists, and now call it route 77.