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Gîte with character (4 épis)
in the Lacaune mountains,
between the departments of Tarn and Aveyron

 

The origin of Le Soulié goes back to the 11th century. Sheep-fold (house), bake house (games room), fountain, bridge, the place combines history and modernity.

In the 11th century, the monumental rock in the garden was shaped and fortified to form the basis of a primitive fortified castle. "Cases-encoches" were hollowed out in the rock sides for dwelling purposes; in particular there is still a large seat cut into the rock, the so-called "throne of Monsignor de Massuguiès".

In the17th century, Le Soulié was a hamlet with a few houses. A mansion, with its sheep-fold, its cattle shed and its bread oven, constituted the heart of it.
The ruins of this house were used for the restoration of the sheep-fold, transformed into a gîte, and on the roof there is a weather vane that is a reminder of its original purpose. The bread oven and its bake house still remain; the oven has been restored and can be used. A ruin indicates the site of the cattle shed, and a stone’s throw from there, there is still the fountain of the hamlet along a sunken lane.
Two houses of the old hamlet still remain, of which only the furthest away from the gîte is occupied on very rare occasions.

 
                 
                 
                 
 
 
   
 
 
 
classified « Art de vivre en Midi-Pyrénées », « Gîte de Charme » and « Balades et Randonnées »