SAINT-CIRQ LAPOPIE - Chemin de Halage de BOUZIÈS - Grotte du PECH MERLE
SAINT-CIRQ LAPOPIE is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France. It is a member of the Les Plus Beaux Villages de France (The most beautiful villages of France) association .
Its position, originally selected for defense, perched on a steep cliff 100 m above the river has helped make the town one of the most popular tourist destinations in the department, and the entire town is almost a museum.
After it was discovered by the Post-Impressionist Henri Martin, it became popular with other artists and the home of the writer André Breton.
PECH MERLE is a cave which opens onto a hillside at Cabrerets in the Lot département of the Occitania region in France, about 35 minutes by road east of Cahors. It is one of the few prehistoric cave painting sites in France that remain open to the general public.
Extending for over a kilometre and a half from the entrance are caverns, the walls of which are painted with dramatic murals dating from the Gravettian culture (some 25,000 years BC).
Some of the paintings and engravings, however, may date from the later Magdalenian era (16,000 years BC).
This area once had a great river flowing through it, cutting underground channels which were later used by humans for shelter and eventually for mural painting.
The cave art located in the deeper areas of the cave was discovered in 1922 by Andre David and Henri Dutetre, two teen-aged boys who had been exploring the cave for two years.
Like other children of the area, these two had been encouraged and assisted in their exploration by Father Amedee Lemozi, the curate of Cabrerets, an amateur archaeologist who had discovered other cave paintings in the region.
The walls of seven of the chambers at Pech Merle have fresh, lifelike images of woolly mammoth, spotted horses,] single colour horses, bovids, reindeer, handprints, and some humans.
Footprints of children, preserved in what was once clay, have been found more than half a mile underground.
Introducing the Lot Valley, France
The Lot Valley is one of France's best kept secrets. From the beautiful town of Villeneuve-sur-Lot in the west, Cahors and Saint-Cirq Lapopie in the centre, to Mende in the east, this spectacular, ancient region is a wonderful place for a holiday.
This Green Traveller Guide to the Lot Valley will show you how to make the most of a trip to the region. We have done the hard work for you - we have selected the best places to stay, from locally run hotels to self-catering apartments, and the best places to eat, from cafes to quality restaurants and village markets where you can buy fresh, local ingredients. We also feature a range of activities, from visiting hot-water pools to guided hikes and canoeing along the eponymous river.
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This video was produced by Greentraveller for Entente Vallée du Lot, France.
Bouziès, chemin de Halage | Canon 80D | Virtual Trip
Near the little village of Bouziès in the department of Lot, in France, there is a beautiful hike along the cliff. Watch this video to discover it!
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St. Cirq Lapopie, in the lovely Lot Valley, France
for more videos and information about the beautiful Lot Valley, SW France, where Andrew Darnley shot this video of St. Cirq Lapopie, a mediaeval hillside village officially listed as one of 'The Most Beautiful Villages in France'.
When I first saw St. Cirq Lapopie, I stopped looking for anywhere else - André Breton
PÉRIGORD. A tour around the region / PERIGORD. Un paseo por la región.
The Périgord is a natural region and former province of France, which corresponds roughly to the current Dordogne département, now forming the northern part of the Aquitaine région.
The geography and natural resources of Périgord make it a beautiful, unspoiled region rich in history and wildlife, and the newly created Parc Naturel Régional Périgord-Limousin aims to conserve it as such.
Périgord is noted for its cuisine, especially its duck and goose products, such as confit de canard and foie gras. It is known as a centre for truffles in France. Périgourdine wines include Bergerac (red and white) and Monbazillac.
This video includes several of the main touristic buildings and sites of the region as:
Château de Hautefort.
Château de Jumilhac.
Perigueaux:
- Cathédrale Saint-Front.
- Place de l'ancien Hôtel de Ville.
- Place du Coderc.
- Rue Limogeanne.
- Boulevard Michel Montaigne.
- Place Francheville.
- La Tour Mataguerre.
- Hôtel Sallegourde.
- Place de Navarre.
- Hôtel d'Abzac de Ladouze.
- Maison des Consuls.
- Square d'Amberg.
Bourdeilles.
Château de Puymartin.
Sarlat-La-Canéda.
- Maison de la Boëtie.
- Cathédrale Saint-Sacerdos.
- Lanterne des morts.
- Le Présidial.
- Hôtel Plamon.
- Hôtel de Vassal.
- Hôtel de Gisson.
- Ancien eglise Sainte-Marie. Marché couvert.
- Hôtel de Ville.
- Hôtel de Maleville.
- Chapelle des pénitents blancs.
Jardins de Marqueyssac.
Château de Castelnaud-la-Chapelle.
Beynac-et-Cazenac.
- Château de Beynac.
Abbaye de Cadouin.
Château de Bannes.
CAHORS A walking tour around the city / Un paseo por la ciudad
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France - St. Cirq LaPopie
St. Cirq LaPopie - One of the most beautiful villages in France.
Najac, le plus beau village d'aveyron ?
Aujourd'hui on se retrouve en France, dans le village de Najac en Aveyron !
Najac est classé plus beau village de France, avec un joli village typique , une citadelle ...
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Saint-Cirq-Lapopie, le plus beau village de France ?
de Stéphane Ternoise
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Le village lotois vu par Ternoise, reportage indépendant. Avant émission TV, avant Gérard Miquel maire.
Musique : T'AS CHOISI (de vivre dans le Quercy)
Chant : Dragan
Texte : Stéphane Ternoise
Musique : Dragan Kraljevic
Droits ISRC: FR-9W1-12-07745
Album : Vivre autrement (après les ruines)
TOULOUSE A walking tour around the city / Un paseo por la ciudad
Toulouse is the capital city of the southwestern French department of Haute-Garonne, as well as of the Occitanie region.
The city lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 150 kilometres from the Mediterranean Sea, 230 km from the Atlantic Ocean, and 680 km from Paris. It is the fourth-largest city in France with 466,297 inhabitants in January 2014. The Toulouse Metro area is, with 1 312 304 inhabitants as of 2014, France's 4th metropolitan area after Paris, Lyon and Marseille and ahead of Lille and Bordeaux.
Toulouse is the centre of the European aerospace industry, with the headquarters of Airbus, the Galileo positioning system, the SPOT satellite system, the Airbus Group (former EADS), ATR and the Aerospace Valley.
The city also hosts the European headquarters of Intel and CNES's Toulouse Space Centre (CST), the largest space centre in Europe Thales Alenia Space, and Astrium Satellites, Airbus Group's satellite system subsidiary, also have a significant presence in Toulouse.
The University of Toulouse is one of the oldest in Europe (founded in 1229) and, with more than 103,000 students, is the fourth-largest university campus in France, after the Universities of Paris, Lyon and Lille.
The air route between Toulouse Blagnac and Paris Orly is the busiest in Europe, transporting 2.4 million passengers in 2014.
According to the rankings of L'Express and Challenges, Toulouse is the most dynamic French city.
The city was the capital of the Visigothic Kingdom in the 5th century and the capital of the province of Languedoc in the late Middle Ages and early modern period (provinces were abolished during the French Revolution), making it the unofficial capital of the cultural region of Occitania (Southern France).
It is now the capital of the Occitanie region, the largest region in metropolitan France.
A city with unique architecture made of pinkish terracotta bricks, which earned it the nickname la Ville Rose (the Pink City), Toulouse counts two UNESCO World Heritage Sites, the Canal du Midi (designated in 1996 and shared with other cities), and the Basilica of St. Sernin, the largest remaining Romanesque building in Europe, designated in 1998 because of its significance to the Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage route.