On Robin's tracks "Discovering Rauzan" in RAUZAN

Distance: 1 km

Departure: RAUZAN

Loop

Cultural

History

Religious

Around water (canal, stream, lake, marsh, ...)

Campaigns

Urban

Walking

walk Duration: 1h Difficulty : Very easy

On the tracks of Robin "Discovering Rauzan"

Rauzan is a small village in the heart of Entre-Deux-Mers. Full of history and rich
in surprises, discover its cave, its castle, its vineyard, its church while helping Robin to solve his puzzles. Departure is in front of the Tourist Information Office.

Equipments & services

Others

Animals accepted: yes

Points of interest

Château de Rauzan

Rauzan castle

Grotte Célestine

Celestine Cave

Église Saint-Pierre

St. Peter's Church

Your itinerary

RAUZAN

Getting to the starting point

Rauzan Tourist Information Office

When you leave the Tourist Information Office, with your "On the tracks of Robin" booklet, you find yourself in front of the medieval castle of Rauzan.

Village chapel

Continue your route passing in front of the village chapel (dedicated to Notre-Dame).

Place de la Halle

At the beginning of the 1973th century, the Durfort de Duras (lords of Rauzan) obtained from the King of France François I the right to create four fairs per year in the village. A large wooden hall was then built on this square with fireplaces and benches for merchants and buyers in each corner. It was demolished and replaced by a cast iron hall which will itself be dismantled in XNUMX.

Hôtel de Ville

At the end of the 1862th century, there was a large property here which was transformed into a castle in 1883 by Arnaud Gillet. In XNUMX, the castle was bought by the municipality to accommodate the Town Hall and the school.

Celestine Cave

The Celestine Grotto in Rauzan is the only underground river to be developed in the Gironde. It dates back to the Quaternary and was dug into the limestone rock of Entre-deux-Mers by water. It reveals splendid natural decorations such as stalactites, stalagmites, draperies, fistulas or columns.

The wash house

Bordering the new Bordeaux road which has just been opened, this stream-wash house was built in 1866, just like the watering hole which runs alongside it. This large stone basin measuring 15m long and 5m wide was completed by a covered shelter in 1878.

St. Peter's Church

The church of Saint-Pierre de Rauzan is only attested from the middle of the XNUMXth century. Inside the building and within the main nave are three bays. The walls of the north side, of the nave, and of the chevet, suggest that the building was originally a single-nave church from the end of the Romanesque period. At the level of the portal (period of the XNUMXth century) are toric moldings, which rest on capitals. At the beginning of the XNUMXth century, the church is mentioned as being a priory of Blasimon Abbey. The sacristy and the western porch date from the XNUMXth century.

Rauzan Tourist Information Office

If you have answered all the questions in the "On Robin's Piste" booklet, go back to the Tourist Information Office to check your answers and receive a surprise!