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Bourbon l'Archambault – Medieval Village of Souvigny loop from Souvigny

Bourbon l'Archambault – Medieval Village of Souvigny loop from Souvigny

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Bourbon l'Archambault – Medieval Village of Souvigny loop from Souvigny

03:42

81.1km

920m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: March 20, 2026

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5.29 km

Auberge Le cœur d'Autry

Highlight • Restaurant

This small, welcoming and welcoming inn is ideally located. Its terrace is very pleasant, and the hosts offer delicious traditional cuisine. Please note: the inn is not open on weekends.

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13.3 km

City of character in the hollow of a valley in the Bourbonnais bocage. Known for its thermal waters since antiquity. It is also the cradle of the kings of France, as evidenced by the imposing medieval castle, clinging to a rocky promontory.

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13.6 km

Hotel de Marle

Highlight • Historical Site

Dreamy place with old buildings.

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52.0 km

Saint-Étienne Church

Highlight • Religious Site

The Saint-Étienne church was built by the Benedictines of Souvigny in the 12th century. MH.
It includes a nave with aisles, a transept with oriented chapels and the choir presents an alternation of arched bays and mitered arches of Auvergne influence. Beautiful capitals with figures, birds, foliage: baptismal font with colonettes 12th-14th centuries: stone font and tombstone late 13th-early 14th century. The bell tower is typical of Bourbonnais churches with a blind floor and an open level topped by a modern wooden spire. With the ditches, the church represents the last medieval vestige of the town.

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67.2 km

Notre-Dame Church

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Romanesque church with Burgundian, Auvergne and Berry influence.
Built at the end of the 12th century and the beginning of the 13th, the current building belongs to the transitional Romanesque style. Indeed, if it is Romanesque in its general plan, the ornamentation of its portals and its capitals, its narrow semi-circular openings, its elegant apse and its cul-de-four vaulted apsidioles, it is "timidly" Gothic through the vault of its nave. Furthermore, built at the crossroads of three dioceses, this construction was influenced by the Burgundian, Auvergne and Berry schools. The capitals are most interesting: intertwined foliage, heads of grimacing men and beasts, grotesque masks...
A statue of the Virgin with the bird in polychrome wood dates from the 17th century. It is remarkable for its state of preservation and its subject: Mary holding the child Jesus in her arms with a bird perched on his hand. This refers to the apocryphal gospel of the childhood of Jesus according to Thomas written in the 3rd century: Jesus as a child performs miracles such as giving life to clay birds.

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80.9 km

Medieval Village of Souvigny

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A medieval village in Bourbonnais, a major Cluniac site and former necropolis of the Dukes of Bourbon, this is a must-see. Stop by the abbey church, visit the local artisan shop, Chez Aristide, and stroll through the narrow streets. Don't miss the medieval festival at the end of July!

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81.0 km

Priory of St. Peter and St. Paul, Souvigny

Highlight • Religious Site

Souvigny is a French commune located in the Allier department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Located in the heart of Bourbonnais, the city is the cradle of the Bourbon family, of which it was an important city of the lordship of Bourbon. It preserves an exceptional heritage linked to its affiliation with the powerful abbey of Cluny. In addition to the recumbent figures of the last Dukes of Bourbon, the priory church, the largest religious building in the Allier department, preserves the relics of several saints, including those of two abbots of Cluny who died in Souvigny: Mayeul, 4th abbot (died in 994), and Odilon his successor (died in 1049).

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81.0 km

Priory church and necropolis of the Dukes of Bourbon

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The town of Souvigny was chosen by the Bourbon dynasty as the religious capital of its duchy. Thus, the commune became the necropolis of all the Bourbon lords.

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81.1 km

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Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

79.8 km

699 m

686 m

Surfaces

80.5 km

557 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (340 m)

Lowest point (210 m)

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Thursday 28 May

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Bourbon l'Archambault – Medieval Village of Souvigny loop from Souvigny

Auberge Le cœur d'Autry