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|   Maison Natale de Jean-François Champollion - Figeac (Lot), France
in Blue Plaques [FR] Né à Figeac en 1790, Jean-François Champollion déduit les principes de l'écriture égyptienne antique en 1821. [EN] Jean-François Champollion was born in this house 23 December 1790, the last of seven children. posted by:  RakeInTheCache location: Occitanie, France date approved: 01/10/2021 last visited: never |
 view galleryE17.1 km |  Musée Champollion - Les Écritures du Monde - Figeac (Lot), France
in History Museums [FR] En 1986, un premier musée est inauguré qui rend hommage à l'enfant du pays, Jean-François Champollion. [EN] The Champollion Museum houses a collection devoted to Figeac's most famous son, Jean-François Champollion. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Occitanie, France date approved: 01/11/2021 last visited: never |
 view galleryE17.1 km |  L'abbaye Saint-Sauveur - Figeac (Lot), France
in Romanesque Architecture [FR] La construction de l'église actuelle fut initiée à la fin du XIe siècle et s'échelonna jusqu'au XIVe siècle. [EN] The construction of the present church was begun at the end of the 11th century and continued until the 14th century. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Occitanie, France date approved: 01/06/2021 last visited: never |
 view galleryE17.1 km |  Boiseries peintes et dorées - L'abbaye Saint-Sauveur - Figeac (Lot), France
in Wooden Church Artefacts [FR] Le décor de bois sculpté et peint du mur sud date de la deuxième moitié du XVIIe siècle. [EN] The sculpted and painted wood decoration on the south wall dates from the second half of the 17th century. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Occitanie, France date approved: 01/10/2021 last visited: never |
 view galleryE17.1 km | Retable Majeur - Église Notre-Dame-du-Puy - Figeac (Lot), France in Wooden Church Artefacts [FR] Le retable monumental s'élevant jusqu'aux voûtes de l'église s'interpose entre les chapelles du chevet et la nef centrale. [EN] The monumental altarpiece rising to the ceiling stands between the radiating chapels and the central nave. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Occitanie, France date approved: 01/17/2021 last visited: never |
 view galleryE17.1 km | Église Notre-Dame-du-Puy - Figeac (Lot), France in Romanesque Architecture [FR] Cette église d'origine romane fut plusieurs fois remaniée, notamment aux xive siècle et XVIIe siècles. [EN] This church of Romanesque origins was modified several times, notably in the 14th and 17th centuries. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Occitanie, France date approved: 01/17/2021 last visited: never |
 view gallery W17.9 km
|  Bénitier dans L’église Sainte-Madeleine - Soulomès (Lot), France
in Stone Church Artefacts [FR] Ce bénitier du 16e siècle est taillé dans un seul bloc de pierre de section carré. [EN] This 16th century baptismal font is carved from a single square block of stone. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Occitanie, France date approved: 11/06/2020 last visited: never |
 view galleryW17.9 km |  Commanderie Hospitalière - Soulomès (Lot), France
in Legacy of Medieval Spiritual Warriors [FR] En 1258 Soulomès (Solomo) devient le membre principal de la commanderie des Hospitaliers d’Espédaillac, puis de Durbans. [EN] In 1258, Soulomès (Solomo) became the principal member of the Hospitaler commandery of Espédaillac, and then Durbans. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Occitanie, France date approved: 10/24/2020 last visited: never |
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| Le musée Amédée Lemozi - Cabrerets (Lot), France in History Museums [FR] Le 27 août 1934, le musée rassemblant les objets de la collection d'Amédée Lemozi de Préhistoire est inauguré. [EN] The Amédée Lemozi Regional Prehistory Museum is named after its founder, the village priest. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Occitanie, France date approved: 11/01/2020 last visited: 07/05/2022 |
 view gallerySW19.3 km |  Grotte du Pech Merle - Cabrerets (Lot), France
in Cave Entrances (Natural) [FR] La grotte du Pech Merle s'ouvre dans une colline (pech en occitan) dominant les vallées de la Sagne et du Célé. [EN] Pech Merle is a cave which opens onto a hillside at Cabrerets 32 km by road east of Cahors. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Occitanie, France date approved: 11/01/2020 last visited: 08/24/2022 |
 view gallerySW19.3 km |  Grotte du Pech Merle - Cabrerets (Lot), France
in Pictographs [FR] La grotte du Pech Merle une grotte ornée préhistorique. [EN] Pech Merle is one of the few prehistoric cave painting sites in France that remain open to the general public. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Occitanie, France date approved: 11/03/2020 last visited: 08/24/2022 |
 view galleryE20.8 km |  Moulin de Seyrignac - Lunan (Lot), France
in Windmills [FR] Moulin tour du XVe siècle. Restauré par M.et Mme André Chambon qui le voyaient tomber en ruines. [EN] Tower windmill from the 15th century. Restored by Mr. and Mrs. André Chambon who were watching it fall into ruin. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Occitanie, France date approved: 01/17/2021 last visited: never |
 view gallerySW21.4 km |  Tempus Fugit Sundial - St Cirq Lapopie, France
in Sundials On a house on the trail to the parking lot for St Cirq Lapopie is a small vertical sundial with the motto "Tempus Fugit" Time Flies! posted by:  arby101ca location: Occitanie, France date approved: 08/26/2015 last visited: never |
 view galleryE21.6 km |  Locomotive 130 B-439 tender 4082 - Capdenac-Gare (Aveyron), France
in Locomotives [FR] Baptisée la «Cité du rail», Capdenac-Gare est née et s'est développée grâce à l'implantation d'un nœud ferroviaire. [EN] The present town owes its existence to the development of rail traffic in the late nineteenth century. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Occitanie, France date approved: 01/03/2021 last visited: never |
 view gallerySW21.7 km | Church Sundial - Saint Cirq Lapopie, France in Sundials On the bell tower of the old fortified church that dominates St Cirq Lapopie is a fine vertical declining sundial. posted by: arby101ca location: Occitanie, France date approved: 08/24/2015 last visited: never |
 view gallerySW21.7 km |  Eglise Saint Cirq Lapopie
in Monuments Historiques Français The church that dominates the town of Saint Cirq Lapopie is a national historical monument, the most notable historical monument of many in Saint Cirq Lapopie. posted by: arby101ca location: Occitanie, France date approved: 08/24/2015 last visited: never |
 view gallerySW21.7 km |  Boite à livres - Rue droite, Saint-Cirq Lapopie - LOT - OCCITANIE, FRA
in Free Community Book Exchanges Livres et bandes dessinées à partager.
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Books and comics to share. posted by: PitiChuc location: Occitanie, France date approved: 10/10/2022 last visited: never |
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|  L'Arrivée - Autoire Frouge (Lot), France
in Bed and Breakfast [FR] Ils ont choisi de réaliser leur rêve. Construire une maison en bois pour accueillir et faire partager leur bonheur. [EN] They would like to share with their clients the feeling of being on holiday all the time in the house they built. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Occitanie, France date approved: 10/18/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery NW24.1 km
| Dolmen sous tumulus - Rocamadour, France in Monuments Historiques Français Le Dolmen de Magès (également appelé Pierre Levée de la Pannonie ou Dolmen de Pannonie) est situé au sud de Rocamadour.
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The Dolmen de Magès (also called Pierre Levée de la Pannonie or Dolmen de Pannonie) is located south of Rocamadour. posted by: André de Montbard location: Occitanie, France date approved: 12/30/2020 last visited: never |
 view galleryNW24.1 km |  Dolmen de Magès - Rocamadour, France
in Megalithic Monuments The Dolmen of Magès (also called Pierre Levee de la Pannonie or Dolmen of Pannonie) is located south of Rocamadour near Souillac in the Lot department in France. posted by: André de Montbard location: Occitanie, France date approved: 01/02/2021 last visited: never |
 view galleryNW24.9 km | Cité religieuse, Rocamadour, France in Monuments Historiques Français Rocamadour (en occitan Ròcamador ou Ròc Amadori) est une commune du sud-ouest de la France, située dans le département du Lot.
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Rocamadour (in Occitan Ròcamador or Ròc Amadori) is a commune in southwestern France, located in the Lot department. posted by: André de Montbard location: Occitanie, France date approved: 11/15/2020 last visited: 01/08/2023 |
 view galleryNW24.9 km |  Basilique Saint-Sauveur et crypte Saint-Amadour - Chemins de Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle en France - Rocamadour, France, ID=868-055
in World Heritage Sites [FR] La Cité religieuse ou sanctuaire de Rocamadour est une cité mariale construite au flanc de la falaise du canyon de l'Alzou. [EN] An important pilgrimage site, Rocamadour is perched on the side of a limestone cliff of the Alzou canyon. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Occitanie, France date approved: 10/21/2020 last visited: 01/08/2023 |
 view galleryNW24.9 km | Basilique Saint-Sauveur - Rocamadour, France in Romanesque Architecture [FR] L'église Saint-Sauveur est construite du xie au xiiie siècle à une époque de transition entre l'art roman et l'art gothique. [EN] The churches in the sanctuary include the Romanesque basilica of Saint-Sauveur. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Occitanie, France date approved: 10/25/2020 last visited: 01/08/2023 |
 view galleryNW24.9 km |  Basilique Saint-Sauveur - Rocamadour, France
in Way of St. James [FR] La notoriété du Sanctuaire incitaient la plupart des pèlerins en route vers l’Espagne à faire un détour par la citadelle mariale. [EN] One of the most important holy places to visit in passing was Rocamadour. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Occitanie, France date approved: 10/25/2020 last visited: 08/28/2022 |
 view galleryNW24.9 km | Vierge noire - La chapelle Notre-Dame - Rocamadour, France in Wooden Church Artefacts [FR] "But d’un pèlerinage fameux, déjà fréquenté en l’an 1166, la Vierge noire de Rocamadour est une madone miraculeuse." [EN] "The destination of a famous pilgrimage from the 12th century, the Black Madonna of Rocamadour is miraculous." posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Occitanie, France date approved: 10/23/2020 last visited: 11/13/2021 |
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