Suchaillou

Designed for everyone, suitable for passing through or stopping off, for tourism or hiking, the work offers a view of the landscape. Designed in dry stone and phonolite corbelling, it was created thanks to the involvement of a local team bringing together a wide range of players:
craftsmen such as François Januel, carpenter David Michel and the Pertuis quarry for stone-cutting, as well as elected representatives, students from the Yssingeaux agricultural college and local residents who helped to supply the area with stone.

The interior space has been optimised to accommodate two people as comfortably as possible, with two box seats to shelter their bags. At the back, a stone gong lets you experiment with the acoustics of the phonolite corbelling. Above the door, a large oculus made of shot-blasted glass with a gradual transparency lets in the light and the view of the sky. The surrounding area has been designed to take full advantage of the landscape, with benches sprouting from the walls and a fountain created by the artist Lucie Delmas.
A cobbled path draws waves to guide walkers towards an orientation table, so that they can appreciate the view as a whole.

Suchaillou has received support from the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region, the Mezenc-Loire-Meygal communauté de communes, the SIVOM du Meygal, and the communes of Queyrières and Saint-Julien-Chapteuil.

Fenêtres sur le paysage is an artistic journey along the Pilgrim's Way to Santiago de Compostela, created and coordinated by Derrière Le Hublot, a nationally-renowned stage, and the Agence française des chemins de Compostelle, in conjunction with a number of partners. Derrière Le Hublot is responsible for the artistic direction of Fenêtres sur le paysage. Fenêtres sur le paysage is co-financed by the European Union. Europe is committed to the Massif Central through the European Regional Development Fund, and it is supported by the European Union through the LEADER programme, the DRAC Occitanie, the DRAC Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, the ANCT Massif Central, the Région Occitanie, the Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and the partner territories.