Le Ronc rouge
Yellow waymarks2 points of interest
La cloche de Saint Laurent - © JF.Raulet 
HistorySaint Lawrence’s chapel
Every year on 10 August, pilgrims come to thank St Lawrence, once reputed to cure oral diseases. Detailed archaeological study would be necessary to elucidate the mystery of this chapel. A priory belonging to the Abbey of Saint-Andéol-de-Robiac, located in the village, is believed to have stood on the chapel site. The Romanesque chapel, of which only a few traces remain, was probably built between the 11th and 13th centuries. The various types of stone-setting show that, since then, it has been reworked many times, although we do not know when exactly. St-Lawrence’s chapel was stripped of its bell, which is now on the rocky spur that overlooks it.
Terril de la Berle - © O.Pagès HistorySlag heaps
These heaps are made up of the waste from coal mining. In mining days, the slopes were black and several dozen metres high. Today adapted vegetation covers them, allowing them to blend into the landscape. The slag heap concerned has recently been flattened and used to backfill the track. It is no longer covered by vegetation.
Description
Starting from "BESSÈGES", head towards "ROCHESSADOULE" via "Bessèges-pont", "La Cantonnade" and "Les Traverses Hautes". From here, you can make a detour to "Les Traverses" to see a cave that contains a petrified tree. Continue to "Plaine de l’Homme Mort", "La Pinède" and "La Rompude" to see the chapel, bell and viewpoint, requiring a short return trip to the chapel. Continue to "Patte d’Oie du Ronc Rouge" and take the fork towards "Conrocs". The return to "BESSÈGES" goes via"Le Baldy", "Le Grand Baldy", "Les Taillades", "Le Crassier", "La Cantonnade" and "Bessèges-pont".
This hike is taken from the guidebook Cévennes Haute Vallée de la Cèze, published by the Communauté de communes Cèze Cévennes as part of the collection Espaces Naturels Gardois and the label Gard Pleine Nature.
- Departure : Bessèges: opposite the church
- Arrival : Bessèges: opposite the church
- Towns crossed : Bessèges and Robiac-Rochessadoule
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Information desks
Tourism office CezeCévennes, Bessèges
14 rue de la République, 30160 Bessèges
This office is part of the National Park's associated tourist-information network, whose mission is to provide information on, and raise awareness of, the sites and events as well as the rules that must be observed in the National Park's central zone.
Open year-round
Tourism office Cèze-Cévennes Saint-Ambroix
Place de l'ancien Temple, 30500 Saint-Ambroix
This office is part of the National Park's associated tourist-information network, whose mission is to provide information on, and raise awareness of, the sites and events as well as the rules that must be observed in the National Park's central zone.
Open year-round
Transport
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