The best traffic-free bike rides around Gurat

This is a wayside cross located on the Route des Menots, at the southern exit of Fouquebrune,

Romanesque church fortified in the 14th century during the Hundred Years' War. The bell tower is imposing, and the oldest parts are located at the base of the side walls, the semicircular apse, and the façade. The rectangular bell tower is pierced by two lintel openings on each side. Powerful buttresses surround the building; one of the two on the façade is higher because it supports the bell tower staircase. The three-bay nave is lit by narrow, ribbed-vaulted windows. https://chateauruine.fr/16-eglise-fortifiee-fouquebrune.html

Marie atypical and picturesque which is located in a former small manor beautifully restored. There is a lighted well placed in the center of its hall of honor. This town hall is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful in Charente. https://www.montmoreau.fr/index-module-orki-page-view-id-114.html

Passage which allows you to see the town hall building, authentic and well restored, that of the church and a beautiful panorama of Montmoreau.

This is one of the six Romanesque churches in the new commune of Montmoreau. It is located in the heart of a very hilly landscape, perched on top of a hill, and offers a beautiful view of the center of Montmoreau. The construction of this Romanesque church dates back to the 12th century. At that time, it was a former vicarage of the diocese of Périgueux, dependent on the abbey of Nanteuil-en-Vallée. The nave now houses a set of well-preserved neo-Gothic furniture from the 19th century. There are a Stations of the Cross, a pulpit, and a painting of Saint-Amand (Bishop of Bordeaux in the 5th century). On the south wall of the nave, there are traces of a wall painting that is unfortunately very damaged, but one of the characters can still be distinguished: a light tonsured man. These remains are a reminder that religious buildings were generally painted in medieval times. The painted scenes covered the interior space, more the sanctuary, reserved for the religious, than the nave where the laity were confined. https://www.montmoreau.fr/index-module-orki-page-view-id-115.html

Church located near the cemetery. It is a Romanesque church, pierced by an ogival door on important corner buttresses. Rebuilt in the 15th century, it was restored from 1656 to 1668, then in 1830. Two side chapels were added, and an arcade bell tower on the facade. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juillaguet

The Notre-Dame de Charmant church dates from the end of the 11th century. It is Romanesque and has a remarkable bell tower, in an octagonal pyramid. This bell tower, destroyed by a storm, was rebuilt in 1843. Inside, some beautiful murals remain, including one of the Assumption. Two crosses pattées sculpted on its facade to the left of the portal may suggest that it was a Templar possession in the 13th century. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89glise_Notre-Dame_de_Charmant https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00104282/boisne-la-tude-eglise-notre-dame

The title suggests an unusual village; it is not. It is an isolated village composed of old houses without any particular style. In my eyes, the only points of interest are the church (which you can't walk around and which doesn't offer much in terms of its exterior facade), the chapel near the cemetery (very basic, you just walk around it without leaving more cultured) and the castle which offers accommodation as a bed and breakfast. The village as a whole is not essential, like the town hall building: bland, aged with a poorly preserved authenticity.