Saut de la Mounine
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Saut de la Mounine

Viewpoint on the Lot valley. Le Saut de la Mounine is the viewpoint of the Causse, overhanging by 150m the alluvial plain and the cornices of the Causse de Gréalou. You can see the village of Montbrun and its castle in front of the viewpoint.

Discover the legend of the "Saut de la Mounine": ...Once upon a time there was a monk named Sidoine, who, returning from Compostela with his goat and his guenon, a mounine, was walking on the edge of the cliffs overlooking the Lot. He lost his balance and fell, which would have been fatal had his rope belt not caught on a branch of boxwood. Discovering a cave, he chose it as a hermitage and settled there with his faithful mountaineer...


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