Surrounding

LOZE church dates from the 12th or 13th century. Severely damaged during the Hundred Years War, it was rebuilt around 1460 and modified in the 19th century. The bell tower is the usual ‘wall’ type but is distinguished by its protruding gallery supported by arches, acting as a fortification.

The caves of St Géry , a listed site, are an important part of LOZE’s natural and cultural heritage. The name comes from Bishop Didier (known as St Géry) , an evangelist in the 7th century, to whom a chapel next to the caves was dedicated. The re-appearance of an underground stream coming from Le Cros, 3.5 km away, was a place of pilgrimage. People came to wash their sickly children suffering from rickets and scrofula, in the spring of the cave, then left an offering in the walls of the old chapel.

The fountain in its present form dates from 1862. It is situated near the road descending to the Bonnette Valley. In the form of two troughs, one for watering the animals and one for washing, it is covered by a roof surmounted by a forged iron cross, with a 18th century crown of thorns made of long nails. The water was once reputed to have healing powers.
A procession went down from the village on Whit Mondays to bless the fountain.

The public water tank dates from the beginning of the century. As there was no well in the village and the fountain was far away, in 1905 the Municipal Council was concerned about supplying water to Loze. A tank holding 200 cubic metres of water was planned and constructed in 1910.

The chapel of St Caprais situated at Monille, at the intersection of two lanes is mentioned in a Registry of 1593. Up until the Second World War, pilgrims used to come in a procession on the 20th October.
Today, the chapel is in ruins.