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Salers ​((oc)Salèrn)
The Belfry gate
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Country	France
Region	Cantal
Watercourse	Chavarivière stream
Altitude	Between 830 and1 207 m
Area	4,85 km²
Population	329 hab. (2017)
Density	67,84 inhab./km²
Nice	Sagranier
Postal code	15140
Telephone prefix	33 4 71
Spindle	UTC 01:00, UTC 02:00
Location
45 ° 8 ′ 38 ″ N 2 ° 30 ′ 3 ″ E
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Salers is a municipality of Cantal whose village is classified among the most beautiful villages in France. He gave his name to a breed of cows and to a labeled cheese.

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• 45.13772.493751 Saint-Mathieu Church Place Géraud Maigne  sat.- Fri. : 10 h - 18 h. free. – Reconstruction of the end of the XV^e century, but the portal recalls the rest of the Romanesque church which preceded it, nevertheless fully restored at the end of the XIX^e century after lightning fell on it. Among the ornaments, tapestries from XVII^e century, one of which is the “Oath of Montmartre”, founding act of the Society of Jesus by Saint Ignatius of Loyola, as well as a polychrome Entombment dated 1495, offered by Father Géraud Vitalis for the reconstruction and consecration of the church. (last update August 2020)
• 45.140212.497382 Chapel of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette (east of the village towards the mountain, towards Malprangère.) – It dates from the 19th century, in a particular neo-Byzantine style, it was built on the remains of the chapeloune wanted by a lord of Salers, dating from around 1450 and source of a local pilgrimage whose archives attest to healings. (last update March 2015)
• Lizet Chapel  – The chapel is located under the door of the Belfry, it is today a souvenir shop and was the first Hôtel-Dieu in the 16th century, founded by Pierre Lizet. (last update March 2015)
• 45.137792.493953 Place Tyssandier-d'Escous  – Dedicated to the renovator of the Salers breed, surrounded by Renaissance houses in the purest Haute-Auvergne style, this square (also Place de la Mairie) has in its center a bust of the agronomist who succeeded the old market hall. grains which was used under the Ancien Régime for measuring grains with levels on each pillar. (last update March 2015),
• House known as the Bailliage  – The house was owned by the Sevestre family, it bears traces of the mullions torn from the windows for tax reasons, and was also the property of the Mossier family. It bears the name of bailiwick in reference to its previous owners who were civil magistrates, but it has not been established that the bailiwick, from Crèvecœur in Saint-Martin-Valmeroux, was established permanently in this house. (last update March 2015)
• 45.137672.494194 House of the Chazette de Bargues family rue des Nobles – . This house with a 15th century lava stone balcony decorated with sculptures is the first in the Rue des Nobles. (last update March 2015)
• 45.137292.49385 House of the Commander of Mossierqui (Salers History Museum)  – The house houses the museum of the history of Salers and its popular traditions. Beautiful Renaissance bourgeois residence with its Gothic-style gallery and symbolic sculptures, its keystones and ribbed dropouts - Large rooms, lounges and furniture partly from the terraced house Dolivier (18th & 19th centuries) - Monumental fireplaces ( 15th century) - Pharmacy classified ISMH (1891) - Residence registered with the ISMH in 1927. Photos of the region of Salers by Father Gély around 1911. (last update March 2015)
• 45.137452.494126 Ronade House  – The foundations date from the 13th century. Building of the family of the same name, it can now be visited and Philippe Garrigue, a descendant, is the historian of the village. (last update March 2015)
• Belfry gate  – One of the last two vestiges of the old medieval rampart. (last update March 2015)
• Martille gate  – One of the last two vestiges of the old medieval rampart. (last update March 2015)
• Chapel known as Lizet  – Chapel of the diocesan mission which has since become a retirement home, a permanent exhibition is organized there: Salers, looks at painting and sculpture. This chapel dates from the 18th century, when land procedures allowed diocesan missionaries to settle in Salers. (last update March 2015)
• Belfry of Salers  – 15th century, it dominates the shopping street of the same name, it was one of the four access points to the city. (last update March 2015)
• Hospice Lizet  – The hospice is hidden by the belfry and houses an enamel craftsman. It is the first hospice of Salers, founded by Pierre Lizet, first president of the Parliament of Paris in the 16th century. (last update March 2015)

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