Notre-Dame statue and Natzy hill

NATZY HILL

With a little imagination, you can see that the hill has the elongated shape of a dog’s snout, hence its patois name “na detchi”, which became Natchi and then Natzy by contraction. At the top of the hill, a dark lava chapel surmounted by a statue of(…)

NATZY HILL

With a little imagination, you can see that the hill has the elongated shape of a dog’s snout, hence its patois name “na detchi”, which became Natchi and then Natzy by contraction. At the top of the hill, a dark lava chapel surmounted by a statue of the Virgin presenting her son is named Notre-Dame-de-Natzy.
A Way of the Cross winds up the hillside, with 14 stations on a lava base leading to the summit.
The ascent is rewarded by an extensive and beautiful panorama of the Cantal plateaux, culminating in the Monts Dore chain. On the hillside, a holy spring flows, from which water is drawn to cure childhood illnesses. In 1860, a sick inhabitant of Saint-Pardoux vowed that if he recovered his health, he would build a statue in honor of Notre-Dame-de-Natzy. He recovered and was joined in his project by the pity and generosity of the people. In 1869, the granite statue was erected.
A bronze Virgin, replacing the first one, took its place on the chapel in 1910.
A pilgrimage takes place every year on the 1st Sunday in August.