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Gilles Richer - Discovering Perigord

The valley of the Dordogne Vézère - 08/2002 © Gilles Richer

Périgord is a wonderful tourist site in France with its valleys
Vézère and Dordogne.

It is home to the heart of beautiful cities such as Sarlat,

medieval jewel whose beauty of its streets lined with old houses of ocher stone

delight of thousands of tourists every year.

Old house in Sarlat - 07/2000 © Gilles Richer

When I return at me, I am also one of those tourists,
because I never get tired of discovering these beautiful villages and the countryside dotted
green hills.
made me realize my first digital snapshots
with devices that seem now well outdated technologically, but
who gave me a taste of photography.

Mill Exchange - 08/2002 © Gilles Richer

Perigord has a temperate climate particularly

that appeals to many English and Dutch are found in this region

warmer weather and a good life appreciably.
We owe them for many years, the renovation of old houses and farms
in respect of our heritage.
We can only regret that some villages and renovated
are also living longer than before because there are many second homes
but many of them have settled permanently in
Perigord.

Old Stones Perigord - 04/2001 © Gilles Richer

The Malraux Act allowed the renovation of towns such as Sarlat

and the sustained efforts of municipalities and Perigord

to promote tourism have made this department

a privileged place for holidays "green"

At the confluence of the Dordogne and Vézère Limeuil - 07/2000 © Gilles Richer

The relief of the Périgord characterized by plateaus hollowed by rivers, offering

pretty valleys bordered by high cliffs

the Perigord black has to offer men since prehistoric times.

The remains of the daily lives of our ancestors are so numerous, that

Les Eyzies de Tayac,

small town near the Vezère was nicknamed

"Capital of the World prehistory. "

Habitat troglodyte on the banks the Vezère - 08/2002 © Gilles Richer

Since then, men have succeeded in this harmonious landscape and fertile

sowing the bend of the hills and tiny country roads, castles and villages charm,

whose ocher stone walls and slate roofs (flat stones) have survived the ages and remain today

perfectly preserved.

Castle Beynac in the Dordogne Valley - 08/2002 © Gilles Richer

Castelnau Castle in the valley of the Dordogne - 08/2002 © Gilles Richer

Castle God's Place-Boulazac near Périgueux - 08/2002 © Gilles Richer

Capital of the Périgord, Périgueux proposed through 2000 years of history

From the ancient Gallo-Roman- Vesunna the heart of the medieval town Renaissance

it has 39 buildings listed or historic monuments

classified in one of the largest protected area in France.

Cathedral Saint Front view of the banks of the Isle in Perigueux - 08/2002 © Gilles Richer

Stairs renaissance in Perigueux - 08/2002 © Gilles Richer

Window mullions - Périgueux - 08/2002 © Gilles Richer

In addition to these wonders of nature offered the Perigord black fertile soil in which

truffles, nuts , tobacco and mushrooms of all kinds flourish

and which men have set up geese and ducks, thus providing

foie gras, duck confit and world-renowned.

Valley the Dordogne - 08/2002 © Gilles Richer

But you might think that the picture looks too good.

Come discover for yourself the chosen land of cultural tourism and nature

(animated, of course, by the warmth of the inhabitants of the Southwest!)

view the green countryside of Perigord - 08/2002 © Gilles Richer

That's it for today.

Tomorrow is another day ...

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