Chapelle St-Sulpice
Located in the valley of the Trévezel, below the road that leads to Trèves from the perched village of Cantobre, the chapel of St. Sulpice is worth a stop on your tour.
This chapel dates from the 16th and 20th centuries and was rebuilt after the Wars of Religion. Today, the association "Gorges du Trévezel et Aven Noir" is working on its restoration: the vault of the chapel has recovered its slates and three new modern stained glass windows signed by Claude Baillon, a famous stained glass artist based in Millau, dress this chapel in a bluish light.
According to the legend, it was erected in favor of Saint Sulpice, a hermit who was swept away by the waters of the river. Some peasants, powerless in the face of this unfortunate event, had time to hear the last words of the hermit: "since I am drowning, when it is dry, come and pray here, I will give you rain". For this reason, a pilgrimage was organized since then, the last one having taken place in 1964.
This legend explains why the Gorges du Trévezel in summer as well as in winter are most of the time dry, the river disappears and infiltrates in the basement. This is the geological phenomenon called "La perte du Trévezel".
