Monday, June 18, 2012

Dordogne Area: LaRoque St. Christophe


Terraces carved by the Vezere River have provided shelter to people here for 50,000 years (or so the tour book says)  The official recorded history goes back to AD 976 when people settled here to stay clear of the Viking raiders.

You can see the carved-out rocks with holes for beams, carved out of the soft limestone, and imagine whole families living here.
 
 
 
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