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Le Chevalier d’Assas was born in Le Vigan in 1733 and belonged to a bourgeois family. He became a captain in the Auvergne regiment and died in battle in Hanover at the age of 27. His claim to fame is that when his regiment was ambushed in a wood he led with the fabled battle cry‘A moi Auvergne, ce sont les ennemis’, which has gone down in French history thanks to Voltaire who wrote about the incident in 1768.

(1) Take the road up to the right behind the Mairie called Rue de Mareilles where there are red/white signs of the GR60/60A and yellow splashes. After 5 minutes, at a crossroads, continue straight on the Chemin de Gaujac, which narrows where there is a red/white splash on a wall.

(2) A few metres further on look for another GR splash and a wooden PR21 (PR means petit erandonnée – small walk) post indicating Col de Mourèzes and take a rather overgrown grassy path to the right. It goes up medium steep on an attractive sunken mule track through old stone walls and shady woodland to reach the road again by a small water pumping station (20mins). Cross the road and continue on a stony path upwards through tall bracken and chestnut trees until you reach a jeep track (35mins).