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The Périgord has many admirably preserved traces of its 450,000 years of uninterrupted occupation by man. It boasts some extraordinary examples of the first artistic ventures of our ancestors in the decorated caves and shelters of the Vézère Valley.
During the Roman era, the inhabitants of the Dordogne were called ‘Pétrocores’. It was from them that the Périgord derived its name, and the existing remains of Gallo-Roman cities recall this prestigious era. Examples of Romanesque art are to be seen in a great many religious buildings. Walled towns and medieval fortresses remind us that the crowns of France and England once disputed the possession of this territory. |
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| Under the Renaissance, a plethora of architectural achievements illustrated the late Gothic and Loire styles. The classic era, not forgetting the 19th century, was to bring this period of major construction to completion. |
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