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The common Labalme is located in the mountains above the circus Cerdon. Formerly very isolated, she knows a great animation from 1846 through the passage of the RN84 and the opening shortly before 1939, the grotto of St. Julien. The Lordship of Labalme was already held in 1086 by the family of the same name who founded seven fiefdoms whose name is still one of the places. Sappel on the road, stood the castle Barrioz. A little earlier, the castle housed a glassworks Sappel founded in the seventeenth century. The church with a side chapel dates from the fifteenth century.
A see-on-Labalme Cerdon :
Ø Gazebos : Views of the Valley Cerdon, the plain Ain and the Monts du Lyonnais.
Ø Cascade of Culaz : It provides the road known as "Old Cerdon "the sight of a beautiful fall. However, its flow is very irregular in the dry season, it dries up. Not far away, flag indicates the lookout Caverns of Cerdon. It can be accessed from Cerdon, very nice site, dominated by the feudal tower of the Built. We also track 'Old Coast ".
Ø Castle Sappel eighteenth century.
Ø Gothic church of the fifteenth century.
Ø Caves Cerdon : Nestled within a framework of preserved greenery, the Caves of Cerdon are the result of a slow rough waters of the great ice ages. Visitors can follow the entire route of an underground river since disappeared 12,000 years, since his burial until his resurgence in the midst of a cliff, facing the valley Cerdon. The site contains some strange landscapes concretionary shapes and volumes varied and majestic porch, plus a gazebo with a view over the village and its vineyards Cerdon steep. A tourist train takes you to the entrance to the underground. Then you continue walking in the riverbed now defunct, this course strange, surprising and grand, which is the result of the slow work of churning waters of Glacial. After an opening on the gazebo overlooking the valley of Cerdon and passing under a majestic porch, enjoy the relaxation area / area games and you practice with teaching courses on land and the chronology of human evolution. For people who want and who do not fear a drop more importantly, it will be possible to continue the visit of the cave until gazebo overlooking the valley of Cerdon. You can also picnic tables on site or in shaded forest shelters and enjoy our specialty wine Cerdon method ancestral Sami tent.
Opening period: From mid-April to mid-October. Prices: 6.80 € per adult and € 4.90 per child 4 to 14 years. Tel. 04.74.37.36.79
Ø The Cabourne Chôpêtre (The hut on the rock), connected back to the cave Labalme, is a prehistoric site, the ground consists of three meters of wood ash. The fire and smoke blackened the ceiling over its entire width. Excavations in the 1920s by M. Boccard Pissot and, later, by Me Rouquet uncovered, in addition to human skeletons, a piece of board and punch in Neolithic bones; a bowl entire hull and a ceramic large quantity of ceramic fragments, a whorl of the Late Bronze Age, Roman tile fragments of pottery, a token, a fragment of lignite bracelet barrel (Hallstatt), a fragment of glass edge of the High Middle Ages 12 sherds of medieval pottery.
Ø The Wine Cellar at Bon : is a shelter at the foot of the cliff where you can see the remains of historic cave. Must quote quick the other holes of this remote: the cave of Tière, just above the D11 extent 25 m, the cave of the Sheep of the same length, dominates the esplanade near the exit of the Gallery Cabourne Chôpêtre. There are many other holes, galleries of smaller dimensions, explored by cavers d'Hauteville.
Ø Cave Sage : Premier archaeologist Ain, Canon Tournier, corresponding to the Fine Arts section of prehistoric monuments, began excavations in a cave in the Sage in 1930 and 1931. he discovered, near the entrance, a home that could date back to the time of the Tene (about 500 BC). Were found, fragments of decorated pottery is of lines, either because the hollow punch iron 90 mm, a glass bead blue corduroy. Further excavations followed. We found the grave of a young girl aged about 18 years, carrying on her arm a bracelet lignite, pottery and two bracelets copper.
Ø Liberty Ranch: Horseback riding . Western horse riding, hiking, summer internships. Day hikes, on weekend and even week. The youngest will enjoy themed rides with: swimming, canoeing, acrobranch ... in addition to the horse! For adults the walks are embellished gastronomic tours (visit vineyards and cellars, tasting local Cerdon ...)
The Bario
01450 ON THE BALME CERDON
Tel: 04 74 37 36 92
E-mail: chevaliberte@club-internet.fr
Ø Ruins of former village : With its well, its towers and lookout.
Ø Castle Ruins Barrioz .
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