France: South-West (May
2015)
Collonges-la-Rouge (Correze department): Medieval village built
with red sandstone (founded in the 8th century).
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Saillac (Correze
department): Church St.
Jean-Baptiste (12th-14th centuries), beautiful portal with painted
sculpture supported by a stone pillar with a torsade depicting hunting scenes.
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Rocamadour (Lot
department): Old monastic
and pilgrimage site.
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Cougnaguet (Lot
department): Fortified
mill (14th century).
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Sarlat-la-Canedat
(Dordogne department): Medieval and Renaissance city (13-16th centuries), with House of La
Boetie (left photo).
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Saint-Andre-d'Allas
(Dordogne department): Cabanes (Bories) du Breuil made up of limestone slabs.
Cahors (Lot
department):
- Pont Valentre (fortified bridge, 14th
century).
- Cathedral Saint Etienne (start of
construction: 11th century).
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- Painted cupola inside Cathedral Saint
Etienne.
- Cloister of Cathedral Saint Etienne.
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Figeac (Lot department):
- Church Saint Sauveur (start of
construction: 12th century).
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- Chapel Notre-Dame-de-Pitie (13th
century), on south side of Church Saint Sauveur, and some of its stained-glass
windows.
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- Large reproduction of the Rosetta
Stone in the Place des Ecritures, to remind us that
Jacques-Joseph Champollion was born in Figeac.
Villefranche-de-Rouergue (Aveyron department):
- Collegial Notre Dame or Grand Gleisa
(13-15th centuries).
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- Chapel of Black Penitents (17th century),
with the left and right sides of its retable and its painted vault.
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Albi (Tarn department):
- View of the right bank of the Tarn River,
with Pont Vieux (Old Bridge).
- Left bank of the Tarn River, with Pont
Vieux, Palais de la Berbie, and Cathedral Sainte Cecile.
- Cathedral Sainte Cecile (13-15th
centuries), claimed to be the largest brick building in the world.
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- Nave and organ of Cathedral Sainte
Cecile.
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- The ornate choir screen of Cathedral
Sainte Cecile, which separates the chancel from the nave.
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Palais de la Berbie (13-14th centuries).
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- Cloister Saint Salvi (13th
century).
- Statues (painted wood) inside Church
Saint Salvi.
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