1. Vernas and its heritage

– Saint-Martin church: built between 1840 and 1844, it is a witness to the religious history of Vernas. Although abandoned since 1946, an association called Anrev was formed in 2021 with a restoration project.

– The Saint-Joseph chapel: founded between 1623 and 1650 by Raymond Dauphin de Verna and his wife Bonne Pourroy, it was blessed in 1651 and restored in 1978.

– Vernacular heritage: numerous wash houses and fountains dot the town.

– Cingle Castle (private site): it is an old fortified house dating from the 1970th and XNUMXth centuries, partially listed as a historic monument. It was saved from abandonment and ruin in the XNUMXs.

– Verna Castle (private site): from the 14th century, it is the subject of partial registration as a historic monument, protecting in particular the facades, the roofs, the grand staircase, its cage and the designed part of the gardens .


2. Vernas, nature side…

– A landscaped park, in the center of the village, consisting of a play area for children, a green space for relaxation, football and pétanque fields as well as a tennis court for sports enthusiasts.
– Two sources: to the southwest, the Chogne source flows towards Leyrieu, while to the north-east, the Ru flows near the St Joseph chapel towards Hières-sur-Amby.

3. Every year in Vernas….

Take part in the large gathering of old vehicles organized by the AKMD (Association Kick et Manivelle Dauphinoise). This event takes place every first weekend of September and also offers an auto parts exchange – the 3rd largest of its kind in France! -, tours of the village on the free little train, and of course, on-site catering.


4. The legend of Cingle and its 7 fountains

” Legend has it that the Cingle building was built by a giant, Count Hugonin. He loved music so much that his seven daughters played an instrument... But the count had problems with the “Black Beast”, called Pharamine, who lived in the spring of the cliff and who devoured sheep and cows every day. once night comes.

One evening at a ball, through the castle window, Pharamine saw the count's daughters dancing, and the beast fell in love! While the count proposed to the Emperor of Germany to choose seven princes to marry his daughters, the beast was very upset. The seven selected princes came to Vernas. The seven young girls were arriving to meet them when the beast Pharamine came out of his hiding place. She had fasted so much that she devoured princes, horses and servants. To be sure that the young girls would not run away, she charmed them into “dhuines”, fairies who live at the bottom of the fountains.

Count Hugonin, mad with grief, decided to set a trap for the beast. One evening, with his sheep as bait, the giant waited for the beast and, from the top of the cliff, threw a large rock at it, which came crashing down on Pharamine. Under the violence of the shock, seven springs gushed from the mountain, allowing the count's daughters to escape through the cracks. But the enchantment forced them to return to hide before daylight. So, they went to the castle at night, and returned to the cliff at sunrise.

If the curious listens, he can perhaps hear in the sound of the water of the seven fountains, the music of the seven girls, played from their golden rooms, under the mountain...” *

*MARSICO, Edigio; JUNGERS, Didier. Isle Crémieu and the Land of Colors. Edith and Me Association Edition. Earth Fortunes Collection, Edigio Marsico, ISBN 2-9520859-0-0, 11/2023

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