Mazerolles : les Bénédictins

  • on foot : 2h30 - Difficulty Very easy
  • Distance : 10.2km
  • Vertical rise : 145m
  • Public : Famille - Tous publics
This circuit guides you on the traces of the Benedictine monks. The bastide of Larreule was created at the end of the XIIIth century by the Benedictine monks, at the foot of the Abbey dating from the Xth century. It is one of the 3 most important abbeys of Bearn. The circuit also serves, on either side of the banks of the Uzan and Luy de Béarn rivers, two other communes: Uzan and Mazerolles, ancient bastides also founded by the Benedictines of Larreule.
Itinerary

  • Step 1 :

    Starting point. PR10B. Start at the Mazerolles town hall car park (main street). Go up the main street and at the end, turn left as far as the crossroads. Opposite, take the dirt track to the tarmac road and the Uzan bridge.

  • Step 2 :

    Once over the bridge, turn right onto the tarmac track and then onto the dirt track until you reach the local road.

  • Step 3 :

    Once over the stream bridge, turn right and walk along the river ‘l'Uzan’ as far as the picnic area and footbridge.

  • Step 4 :

    At the end of the path, you come to the junction of the 2 PR10 footpaths (picnic table). Take the climb on your left (Gée farm) as far as the moorland plain.

  • Step 5 :

    On your left, a gravel path will lead you through moorland and crops to Baron farm.

  • Step 6 :

    The tarmac road will take you to the Luy de Béarn bridge and on to Larreule Abbey.

  • Step 7 :

    At the bottom of Larreule Abbey, head towards Mazerolles for 800 m until you come to a gravel track on your right.

  • Step 8 :

    Take this path as far as the Moulin de Larreule bridge over the Luy de Béarn, whose banks have been protected. Continue along the dirt and gravel path to the top of Mazerolles (town hall).
Don't miss
  • Larreule Abbey. (Heritage)

    Church with transept built in the 12th century, partly destroyed during the Wars of Religion, in particular the apse replaced by a sacristy. Abolished in 1773, the abbey became a parish church. Inside, you will find a high altar of the Assumption, as well as 2 statues, the Virgin and Child and Saint Loup, carved from half a tree trunk split vertically.

  • The Luy de Béarn. (Nature site)

    The bank upstream of the bridge is protected using a plant-based technique known as fascinage (willow bundles fixed between 2 rows of solidly anchored stakes). This is an environmentally-friendly alternative to rock armouring, with a return to vegetation. Here, the Luy de Béarn, like the Uzan (and others), has been declared to be of general interest.

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Agenda

27May

Try your hand at the farm's challenges! Solve the riddles while having fun and learning! You'll take your turn as shepherd, donkey driver, pig keeper and...king of the barnyard! Adventures and memories…

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