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Find the perfect stone for Valentine's Dayin Haute-Vienne

Find the perfect stone for Valentine’s Day

Which legend stone suits you best? 🪨🩶 Here’s a list that may help you find your soul mate, be happily married or simply spend an original afternoon with your other half this Valentine’s Day. Warning, results not guaranteed, the magic of these stones is quite mysterious…🤫
At a glance

1. A ring on your finger within a year

Ceinturat menhir in Cieux

Lulled since your earliest childhood by fairy tales, do you dream of love landing in your life? 💘 No big ball until midnight or apple to munch, our own legend is much simpler: all you need is (a little) skill. Dating back to Neolithic times, the Ceinturat menhir is the most imposing in Haute-Vienne. Rising over 5 metres above the ground, it is also buried 2 metres below the surface. Its legend promises nuptials within the year for anyone who manages to throw a stone onto its ledge halfway up💍 It’s worth making a detour to the Monts de Blond, isn’t it?

2. Find love easily

Pierre Belle in Bessines sur Gartempe

It’s said that in Bessines sur Gartempe, no one knows loneliness on Valentine’s Day evening. 🥰 A mysterious stone is said to be the key to finding love… so there’s no need to scroll endlessly through dating apps, we’ve got just the stone for you! Pierre Belle is a granite bowl cut to form the basin of a 5-meter-diameter, 25-ton fountain whose origin is unknown. The ancients claimed that you had to walk seven times around the edge of the basin to find your soul mate. Let us know if it works!

3. Be happily married forever

Rocher du Saint Ferréol in Nexon

You’ve probably heard the expression “And they lived happily ever after, to the end of their lives.” Well, these people have surely been for a walk in the park of the Château de Nexon 🏰 Hidden away among the 39 hectares of parkland is the Saint Ferréol rock. On their wedding day, the newlyweds come to the rock to make sure they’ll be happy forever! In addition to a great photo, you can enjoy a romantic stroll through the park: English river, waterfall with a pond in the middle of the woods, rocks… You’ll also find the 19th-century chapel just around the bend.

4. Find a husband

Menhir de la Croix-Parot, Nantiat

Candlelit dinners, movie nights and romantic getaways– all you have to do is ask! Thanks to the Croix-Parot menhir, a husband will (apparently) be delivered to you within the year for a modest sum… 🤵‍♂️ Originally a pagan monument, it has given rise to many legends over the years. Just like this stone, ancient traditions have endured to the present day: young girls place pins on it in the hope of finding a husband. Beyond this monolith, there are many paths leading to Nantiat for romantic walks in the open spaces of the Limousins.

5. Offer your heart

The heart of the giant in Compreignac

No promise of love or marriage here. Only a sad romantic legend 💔 Near the fairy rock lies an oddity: a heart buried deep in the rock. From this shape a dark tale is born. The giant “Granquibol” is said to have fallen madly in love with a shepherdess. But his love was not reciprocated, so he let himself die on the rock, and his heart remained engraved forever…, gradually drying up. If only the giant had known the legend of Pierre Belle… For Valentine’s Day, this is a great place to come and take a few photos with your other half.