Organ pipes in the west end of unidentified medieval church in Tours
Unidentified medieval church in Tours, surrounded by a modern museum.
An even older church in Tours, parts of whch date to Roman times. Can't remember the name of this one either. We were hot and hungry.
Another unidentified church in Tours noticed in passing.
Houses in Tours along side the Loire.
Country side in the Dordogne valley, nearing Sarlat.
Country side in the Dordogne valley, nearing Sarlat.
Friday. Wake up in the medieval town of Sarlat. Note the generously wide streets. Tour busses drove these streets.
A tourist (note the shorts) in front of the Sarlat post office.
An estate near Sarlat.
Typical Dordogne valley woodland.
Entrance to Le Font de Gaume, the last cave with polychromatic stone age paintings open to the public.
A view up hill from Les Eyzies' main drag. The National Museum of Prehistory is out of frame to the right.
Les Eyzies main drag.
At Les Combarelles, a cave with realistic prehistoric relief carvings of the same period and style as cave paintings elsewhere in the area.
A reproduction of carvings in Les Combarelles in the National Museum of Prehistory.
View of the area surrounding Les Eyzies from the cliffside walkway outside the Museum of Prehistory.
View of the area surrounding Les Eyzies from the cliffside walkway outside the Museum of Prehistory. Note the bridge over the Vezere river.
Old church in Saint Leon, a tiny medieval village we stopped in while driving around the Vezere valley. The first chuch on this site dates from the 3rd or 4th century. This is a romanesque church built, I think, around the 8th century. It was restored after the adjacent Vezere flooded in the 1960s.
Old church in Saint Leon.
Interior of old church in Saint Leon.
The Vezere in Saint Leon.
Streets in Saint Leon.
Privately-owned castle in Saint Leon.
The Vezere near Saint Leon.
L'Hotel Ville in Sarlat.
Saturday. Market day in Sarlat.
Market day in Sarlat.
Streets in Sarlat.
Indoor market utilizing Sarlat's medieval church.