http://leseyzies.info Les Eyzies de Tayac Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:12:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Lascaux is the setting of a complex of caves in southwestern France famous for its cave paintings. The original caves are located near the village of Montignac, in the Dordogne département. They contain some of the most well-known Upper Paleolithic art. These paintings are estimated to be 16,000 years old. ... http://leseyzies.info/tourist-attraction/lascaux Gouffre de Padirac an enormous chasm at Padirac is about 99 metres around the rim, and you will descend 75 metres to enter the cave system. History 1865 Count Murat andm. de Salvagnac climbed down the entrance shaft, maybe because of a bet. 9 to 11-July-1889 Edouard Alfred Martel, G. Gaupillat, Louis Armand, ... http://leseyzies.info/tourist-attraction/gouffre-de-padirac On the left bank of the Beune River, a group of caves are located at the opening of the small Combarelles Valley. The entrance to the Les Combarelles Caves is located on the right side of the departmental road 47, 2 kilometers after the village of Les Eyzies in the ... http://leseyzies.info/tourist-attraction/les-combarelles Friday, Sept. 27 Guide to Rouffingnac and Font de Gaume. What an incredible day!. We met our guide for the cave region, Bart Vranken, just after breakfast, and before long he had us spellbound. His knowledge of history, art and philosophy was so well integrated, and he is so articulate, that ... http://leseyzies.info/useful-tourist-info/personal-historic-guide-vezere-valley In 1922, Jean Maury, who was then an archaeologist at Laugerie Basse, noticed a small natural terrace halfway up the great cliff of the Grand Roc. He quickly climbed up to discover a small crack giving way to a slow flowing spring. Unaware of the origin of this flow, this inquiring ... http://leseyzies.info/les-eyzies-history/history-of-the-grand-roc Périgueux , city (2005 pop. 40,848), capital of Dordogne dept., SW France Founded more than 2,000 years ago, Périgueux, préfecture or capital city of the Dordogne, is a gracious blend of ancient and modern. The history of the city of Périgueux began when four Celtic tribes merged to become the Petrucores. They ... http://leseyzies.info/les-eyzies-surrounding-towns-and-villages/perigueux About 450m (1,500 ft.) uphill from the Lascaux Caves, a minor road branches off and runs through a forest until it reaches the Site Préhistorique de Regourdou. Discovered in 1954, this site is believed to be a center for a prehistoric bear cult. Found at the site were the sepulcher ... http://leseyzies.info/tourist-attraction/regourdou Wherever you are in the Dordogne, you will be near a Museum Atelier Musee des Tisserands et de la Charentaise Contained within the Castle of Varaignes, this working weaving museum and the museum of the Bandiat - Tardoire valleys offers a glimpse of local life in the 19th century. Located at Varaignes.Tel: ... http://leseyzies.info/tourist-attraction/dordogne-museums Bergerac is found on the northern bank of the Dordogne River, in the western part of the Dordogne department. It is among the largest towns in the region . The highlight of a trip to Bergerac is the old town - the area immediately north of the river, signposted 'vieille ... http://leseyzies.info/les-eyzies-surrounding-towns-and-villages/bergerac L’abri Pataud is the only prehistoric site in the Dordogne to have been converted into a museum. It is situated 15 metres above the river Vézère at the foot of an imposing cliff which dominates the village of les Eyzies-de-Tayac. Not far away to the north is the famous Cro-Magnon ... http://leseyzies.info/tourist-attraction/abri-pataud Belves is a lovely and lively medieval town, it stands on a rocky spur above the Nauze valley on the skirts of the Bessede forest with a typical bastide layout and centre, and a preserved 15th century covered market hall. The town is well worth a visit. History Two hundred and fifty ... http://leseyzies.info/les-eyzies-surrounding-towns-and-villages/belves The attractive village of St Cyprien is full of history: witness the narrow streets winding up to the 12th-century belltower-keep, part of the abbey church with its famed (and officially listed) organ-chest. The town's history is tied into that of the abbey. Around 620 AD, a hermit named Cyprien settled in ... http://leseyzies.info/les-eyzies-surrounding-towns-and-villages/st-cyprien In 1489, François de Caumont, Lord of Castelnaud, a fortress a little further along the valley, built the Milandes castle, at his wife, Claude De Cardaillac's request as she was depressed by the austere atmosphere of the Castelnaud castle. Les Milandes, or Mirandes as it used to be pronounced referring ... http://leseyzies.info/tourist-attraction/chateau-des-milandes Prehistory at Commarque The Beune Valley has been occupied for a very long time. Around Commarque, prehistoric man has left numerous traces of his passage. Not far from the site at Commarque, Paleolithic man left two female statuettes known as the Venus of Sireuil and the Venus of Laussel. On the other ... http://leseyzies.info/tourist-attraction/chateau-de-commarque Le Bournat village, a unique site in the Dordogne - Périgord which offers visitors of all ages some unforgettable memories. Here local craftsmen bring an exceptional heritage back to life and all events in the village, even the "1900" fun fair, are free. Since its foundation, Le Bournat village has ... http://leseyzies.info/tourist-attraction/village-le-bournat DOMME Set on a dramatically steep promontory high above the River Dordogne, the unusual trapezium shaped walled village of Domme is one of the most famous bastides in the region. It's one of the few to have retained most of its 13th-century ramparts, including three fortified gates: porte de ... http://leseyzies.info/les-eyzies-surrounding-towns-and-villages/domme Henry Christy Henry Christy (26 July 1810 - 4 May 1865), English ethnologist, was born at Kingston upon Thames. He entered his father's firm of hatters, in London, and later became a director of the London Joint-Stock Bank. In 1850 he started on a series of journeys, which interested him in ethnological ... http://leseyzies.info/les-eyzies-history/henry-christy-and-edouard-lartet The Magdalenian, also spelled Magdalénien, refers to one of the later cultures of the Upper Palaeolithic in western Europe. It is named after the type site of La Madeleine, a rock shelter located in the Vézère valley, commune of Tursac, in the Dordogne departement of France. Originally termed "L'Age du Renne" ... http://leseyzies.info/les-eyzies-history/the-magdalenian The cave of Rouffignac is unique in many ways. First, it is about three miles from the Vèzére River; all the others are much closer. Secondly it is really long -several miles long. In order to see the artwork you join your guide on a small electric train that travels about ... http://leseyzies.info/tourist-attraction/unique-cave-of-rouffignac Surrounded by wooded hills, built on the right bank of a bend in the river Vézère, the welcoming little town of Le Bugue, with it's 3,000 inhabitants, is one of the main localities in the Périgord Noir. Situated as it is at the crossroads of the Périgord, Le Bugue dominates ... http://leseyzies.info/les-eyzies-surrounding-towns-and-villages/le-bugue