Cascade de La Baume

To the South of le Puy en Velay, a few kilometres from Solignac sur Loire, you can admire and enjoy the freshness of the Cascade of the balm...

Beautiful waterfall formed by the waters of the Ourzie that arriving at the edge of the cliff, noisily plunge 27 m below to continue their run towards the Loire, becoming the Ruisseau de La Baume...

A 900 m altitude, the plateau made up of basaltic flows is wooded pines and field Elm...

Traces tend to prove that the place was inhabited since prehistoric times. Small natural at the foot of the cliff cavities served as shelters, where the name 'balma"which means cave.

A beautiful legend tells that the Squire daughter gone mad, would have found the reason with a young goatherd attentive as lovers. The latter having heard that very cold water caused a shock took the girl on the edge of the cliff and jumped both in the cascade. Affected by the purity of their hearts, the Virgin would have his hand, cushioning their fall... Having found the reason, belle married her sweet chevrier who became Lord of La Baume...