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Paru le 25/09/2000 | Broché 101 pages
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translation Juliet Freyche
The Dordogne Valley
Argentat - Aubazine Beaulieu/Dordogne - Collonges-la-Rouge - Curemonte - Turenne - les-Tours-de-Merle
From the lonely ravines of the land of the saints (Xaintrie) to the friendly surroundings of the Beaulieu area, between the Brive basin, Quercy and Cantal, the part of the Dordogne Valley in Corrèze overflows with contrasting riches. There are many signs of the bargees, their ports and old houses washed up on quays. Swelled by impetuous tributaries, the river has shaped the landscape, life and attitudes. It has also brought new ideas...
On the plateaux, the curtain of the Auvergne mountains is an ever-present horizon, and you will discover a pierced cross amongst wood melampyrums and wild lilies when entering a wild valley.
White and Black Xaintrie, the Turenne, Collonges and Argentat areas, so many counties which bring together the profane and sacred in such a fitting way. From the Beaulieu tympanum to the Merle fortress, from the monks' canal in Aubazine to the recumbent effigy in Reygades, from the vines of Branceilles to the moorland of Auriac, put your dreams in a Beynat cabas and follow the Dordogne river, it gives good advice...
