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| Rocamadour: the view from our hotel window |
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| Rocamadour is built on the side of a gorge. At the top is the chateau, not open to the public. Below that is the complex of chapels which were part of the pilgrim route to Santiago Compostella, and below that, the old town which now consists mostly of shops, cafes and hotels. A sort of Disneyland for adults! |
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| Rocamadour high street, after the day-trippers had departed, with the C13th city gate at the end |
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| The sword in the stone, supposed to be that of Roland, embedded in the rock above the chapel |
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| Rocamadour viewed from the top of the gorge. Our hotel was the large building in the centre of the lower level. |
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| Outside the Church of Our Lady of Rocamadour. The ruins are what's left of the pilgrim lodgings and hospital |
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| Not sure if this was genuine old, or a reproduction |
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| The Arch Deacon's vegetable garden in the cathedral close, Cahors |
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| The oldest building in Cahors. Carbon dating of the oak beams indicates that the trees were felled in the winter of 1274-75 |
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| C13th wall painting inside the tower of the cathedral at Cahors |
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| St Cirque Lapopie, voted by French tv viewers as the prettiest in France, much to the dismay of the inhabitants! |
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| The entrance to the underground cave complex at Padirac. Entry is via 3 lifts going down over 100meters. They bring you out at an underground river where you take a tour of the caverns by boat and on foot. Sorry I can't show you any photos - photography was forbidden - but there's good coverage on the Web. I went down in the lifts but came back up via the stairs shown in the picture. Richard went elsewhere.... |
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| Seen from the coach window. Makes a change from garden gnomes! |
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| Sarlat |
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| Medieval tombs in the cathedral close at Sarlat. |
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| Chapel of St Benedict, Sarlat |
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| C15th hexagonal staircase added to a C13th house |
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| Boat trip on the Dordogne at La Roque-Gageac. We went on a similar flat-bottomed boat, called a 'gabare' |
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| Remains of the monastery at La Roque-Gageac. The ruins were accessible until 2010 when a rockfall blocked the route. Several inhabited houses were demolished which wasn't surprising considering how close to the cliff they are! More photos, taken by Richard, to follow. |
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| Late addition. We had a very early start from St Pancras so had a night at the Pulman Hotel on Euston Road. Our room was on the 12th floor from where there was this view of the British Library and St Pancras. |
