Surface: 10690 acres
Population: 286 inhabitants
Etymology: From the latin « maceria », Gallo-Roman house Characteristics: the houses of the center are from the XVII° century
Waterway: Luzège, Vianon
Distance from Neuvic: 7,5 miles
The church, of which the portal and the base are from the 12° century, has a church tower pierced by four holes. Inside the church, you will find one of the most beautiful pulpits of France, sculpted by.Antoine Dutheil and offered by the duchess of Fontanges to Lamazière at the end of the 17° century.
A tree-lined street is going to the castle. Nothing is remaining from the initial old castle apart from the chapel and the terraced gardens designed by Le Nôtre. First it was owned by a vassal of the viscount of Ventadour and later by the duchess of Fontanges, the favourite of Louis the XIV°. She died in 1681. Then the family of Lamazière built the present castle of period 1900.
They are providential for the fishermen. There is the municipal pond of Viers, with a surface of 12 acres, but also the pond of the Gannes or the nice pond of Montsours.
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