Point de vue et table d'orientation à Villefranche-de-Rouergue
The Calvary St Jean d'Aigremont; the view on the city.
The legend attributes to the Romans the construction of the Alzou Bridge, which allows one to go to the Calvary. It is based on the existence of a Roman road which spoke of Segodunum - Rodez - to go to Divona - Cahors.
It dominates Villefranche from the top of its 400 m of altitude.
Of difficult access - hence the name "aigre-mont" - this place which has the characteristic of an oppidum and where one finds traces of mining, shelters a small Romanesque church, the church Saint Jean d'Aigremont which adjoins, a small cemetery.
On this site there was also another chapel, dedicated to the Holy Sepulchre, built in 1715 by a hermit, Father Celestin Lacombe.
During the Revolution, the hill became the "Mountain of the Eternal" and in 1794, this chapel was demolished. In 1821, a rich widow, Mrs. Rouziés-Labastide, in order to satisfy a wish of her deceased husband, decided to build a new chapel of the Holy Sepulchre at her own expense. The building is the one that can be seen from Villefranche.
To get there : either on foot (20 min walk from the Alzou bridge) ; or by car (direction Compolibat - Le Calvaire - Le Mauron - D47)
