Although war has been waged a great deal in the Monts de Châlus, there has also been a lot of prayer. Except for Thavaud (Dournazac), not much remains of the priories which, in most cases, marked out the old roads to Perigord and particularly the paths to Compostella.
The parish churches, on the other hand, have survived and all the villages in the Monts de Châlus preserve, at least, a shrine dating from the Middle Ages.