PONT DE COLAGNE
Wrongly named "Roman Bridge", this stone work of art, slightly donkey-backed, thrown on the Colagne probably in the 14th century, remains with its 5 arches one of the most remarkable bridges of the Gévaudan despite a most hazardous restoration in the middle of the 20th century. The bridge of Colagne "ordinary passage from the Languedoc to the Auvergne" has favoured during the past centuries, the relations between the two regions
Wrongly named "Roman Bridge", this stone work of art, slightly donkey-backed, thrown on the Colagne probably in the 14th century, remains with its 5 arches one of the most remarkable bridges of the Gévaudan despite a most hazardous restoration in the middle of the 20th century. The Colagne bridge "ordinary passage from the Languedoc to the Auvergne" has favoured commercial relations over the past centuries. In the background, the trick of Saint-Bonnet, an inhabited station since the Neolithic, oppidum under the Gallic and Roman periods. Excavations have revealed Gallo-Roman remains: amphorae, ceramics, coins, jewellery. A spectacular landslide in 1974 displaced thousands of cubic metres of scree and severely damaged the banks of the Colagne.
