SAINT-CIRQ LAPOPIE - Chemin de Halage de BOUZIÈS - Grotte du PECH MERLE
SAINT-CIRQ LAPOPIE is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France. It is a member of the Les Plus Beaux Villages de France (The most beautiful villages of France) association .
Its position, originally selected for defense, perched on a steep cliff 100 m above the river has helped make the town one of the most popular tourist destinations in the department, and the entire town is almost a museum.
After it was discovered by the Post-Impressionist Henri Martin, it became popular with other artists and the home of the writer André Breton.
PECH MERLE is a cave which opens onto a hillside at Cabrerets in the Lot département of the Occitania region in France, about 35 minutes by road east of Cahors. It is one of the few prehistoric cave painting sites in France that remain open to the general public.
Extending for over a kilometre and a half from the entrance are caverns, the walls of which are painted with dramatic murals dating from the Gravettian culture (some 25,000 years BC).
Some of the paintings and engravings, however, may date from the later Magdalenian era (16,000 years BC).
This area once had a great river flowing through it, cutting underground channels which were later used by humans for shelter and eventually for mural painting.
The cave art located in the deeper areas of the cave was discovered in 1922 by Andre David and Henri Dutetre, two teen-aged boys who had been exploring the cave for two years.
Like other children of the area, these two had been encouraged and assisted in their exploration by Father Amedee Lemozi, the curate of Cabrerets, an amateur archaeologist who had discovered other cave paintings in the region.
The walls of seven of the chambers at Pech Merle have fresh, lifelike images of woolly mammoth, spotted horses,] single colour horses, bovids, reindeer, handprints, and some humans.
Footprints of children, preserved in what was once clay, have been found more than half a mile underground.
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And now for something different - Marine Steve and I actually began walking from Cabrerets to drop-dead gorgeous and one of the most beautiful villages in France, Saint-Cirq Lapopie. We were going to stop for a tour at Pech Merle to see the prehistoric cave paintings but it was too hot a day to linger. We did enjoy the walk past this site with many displays telling about prehistory.
Rather than blather on about the wonderful walk and Saint-Cirq, I'll let you enjoy this and the following videos.
Magnificent and Charming Saint-Cirq Lapopie, France
The medieval town of Saint-Cirq Lapopie is rightfully called One of the most beautiful villages in France. And yes it is. The feudal village is perched on a cliff 300 feet above the Lot River and enclosed by several castles and fortified houses.
Beautiful old houses have facades of stone or wood and were built between the 13th and 16th centuries with steeply sloped, flat tile roofs. It is so drop-dead gorgeous that we happily spent an extra day just admiring the town and eating wonderful food.
Chemin de halage
Balade le long de la rivière Lot sur le chemin de halage, qui relie Bouzies à Saint-cirq-Lapopie
St Cirq Lapopie
L'Escargoline sur le chemin de halage le long du Lot, avant d'entamer la grimpette vers Saint-Cirq-Lapopie
Bouziès, chemin de Halage | Canon 80D | Virtual Trip
Near the little village of Bouziès in the department of Lot, in France, there is a beautiful hike along the cliff. Watch this video to discover it!
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Ballade Saint-cirq-lapopie
Les Croisiéres de Saint Cirq Lapopie
Une ballade sur le Lot
VTT - Sortie n°3 - Saint Cirq Lapopie - Le Lot - Gopro HD Stabilisé
Dernière sortie dans la vallée du Lot autour de Saint Cirq Lapopie. Très beau village classé plus beaux villages de France.
Le parcours commence en fond de vallée avec le chemin de halage. Petite particularité bien sympathique à faire. On monte ensuite sur le plateau pour avoir une belle vue sur Saint Cirq.
La suite du parcours de 40km s'échelonne entre fond de vallée et passages à flanc de falaises.
Beaucoup de singles pour cette sortie que nous avons adoré.
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Bouziès Saint cirq Lapopie
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Le village médiéval de Saint-Cirq-Lapopie face aux touristes
Aux portes des Causses du Quercy classés au patrimoine de l'Unesco, le village de Saint-Cirq-Lapopie fait partie des visites incontournables. Le nombre de touristes a quasiment doublé en an un. Durée: 02:18
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La commune est située à 30 km à l'est de Cahors au cœur du parc naturel régional des Causses du Quercy. Ce village médiéval surplombant le Lot a été classé « Village préféré des Français » au cours d'une émission présentée par Stéphane Bern sur France 2 le 26 juin 2012. En route!
Référence infos: Wikipédia et saint-cirqlapopie.com/patrimoine/decouvrir
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