Perigueux capital of perigord

A welcoming city, in tuscany colors, which has not finished yet to amaze you. precious stone of the south-west, in the avant-guard of arts and inheritance.

Capital of art and history, perigueux  From the old Gallo-Roman city called Vesunna to the medieval city - Renaissance, without forgetting the great sets of the XVIIIth and the XIXth centuries, Périgueux offers more than 2000 years of history with 39 registered or classified monuments. In one of the vastest preserved sectors of France, the byzantine cathedral of Saint-Front, major stage on the Saint-Jacques de Compostelle road, belongs to the world inheritance of UNESCO since 1998.

périgueux, the city of 4 museums  In the heart of the ancient part of Périgueux, the Vesunna museum, designed by the international architecte Jean Nouvel, exhibits Gallo-Roman vestiges uniques in Aquitaine.  The museum of Périgord proposes invaluable collections of treasures from the past: prehistory (the second important collection in France), Gallo-Roman period, Middle Ages and Renaissance, fine art, without forgetting Africa.  An exceptional collection of guns, from the Middle Ages to resistance, recalls the French military history and of the region, in the heart of the military museum of Périgord.  The very new gallery-museum of trompe-l'oeil and painted decoration constitutes a true voyage through the imaginairy.

In périgueux, markets in the heart of the medieval city  In Périgueux, markets in the heart of the medieval city, have a warmth which one finds only in rare privileged places. On several squares around the Cathedral, all your senses will be in awakening with the various markets of Périgueux: bouquets of perfumes, colors and savours of authentic and strange Périgord! Visit of the farm market and of the marché de gras.

Cultural events in périgord  Through the whole year, Périgueux is the best place for cultural events in Périgord: on the streets, in the theaters, in the museums...  In the evening you'll join the Macadam jazz festival.

Tour to discovery four small castles around the roman church  La Change, four small castles around the Roman church.  Cubjac, typical village on the banks of the river, famous for its small goat's milk cheeses, the "Cujassous".  Hautefort and its castle: French and English gardens and park , classified historic monument, the first garden in Aquitaine and among most beautiful of France.  Excideuil, old fortress fom XIth to XVIth century.  Sarliac-sur-l'Isle, Roman church and castle.  Antonne, castle of Bories: Renaissance Castle XVth and XVIth centuries: Gothic kitchen, collections of kitchen tools. Monumental staircase, ditches, terrace...

Pays de périgueux, country of elegant ladies  Brantôme, called the "Venice of Périgord" by president Poincaré at the time of his visit in 1913: Abbey of Brantôme: the oldest bell-tower of France; Castle of Hierce: XVIth century historic monuments, park with botanical garden;  Bourdeilles: Castle of Bourdeilles, feudal fortress.  Merlande, Roman priory in a small valley of the forest; splendid capitals carved in the shape of lions.  Chancelade and its abbey: abbey church with frescos of XIVth century, vault Saint Jean (XIIth c).

Grand-brassac,visit of grand-brassac, perigord  Grand-Brassac, jewel among the fortresses churches.  Paussac-et-Saint-Vivien, country of the stone. You will be able to discover troglodytic habitats and dolmens.  La Tour Blanche was a chatellenie (castle and dependence) belonging to the counts of Angoulême. Beautiful old houses were remarkably preserved.  Tocane-Saint-Apre and its museum of the costume "la mémoire des greniers".