Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: Mazerier

A railway bridge crosses the gorge of the river Sioule near Bègues since 1869. Named after the nearby hamlet of Neuvial this bridge is part of the railway line, that connected Commentry and Gannat. The order for this bridge was placed at the just founded "Eiffel et Cie". So Gustave Eiffel and partner and cofounder Théophile Seyrig planned and constructed this structure. It was the very first bridge "Eiffel et Cie" ever built. The neighbouring Viaduc de Rouzat was the second. So here they won the first experiences to later construct the way bigger and more complex Garabit Viaduct (1884), Ponte Dom Luís I (1886) or the Eiffel Tower (1889). Ponte Dom Luís I www.flickr.com/photos/martin-m-miles/4642941776/ Viaduc de Garabit www.flickr.com/photos/martin-m-miles/4545464110/ Eiffel Tower: www.flickr.com/photos/martin-m-miles/4170834623/

The parish church Saint-Saturnin was erected in two periods during the early 11th and the 12th century. The church went (like many others) through a reconstruction during the 19th century. Since then the bell tower has the impressive height. The burial ground all around the Saint-Saturnin probably has the same age. I had information about a mural inside the nave from the 14th century, depicting the Adoration of the Magis, but as the church was locked, I could not see the mural. All the carvings in the narthex are all very vandalized. Just before the rain started, I reached the parking lot.