COLLÉGIALE NOTRE-DAME
Historic collegiate church in Ribérac, now an exhibition and concert hall.Read more
DHAGPO KAGYU LING
Remarkable Buddhist center with sumptuous seminar and meditation facilities ...Read more
CHURCH OF SAINT MARTIN
This church is the result of an eventful history that began in the 12th ...Read more
EGLISE NOTRE DAME DES RONCES
Discover Notre-Dame-des-Ronces, home to the famous Madonna of the Black ...Read more
EGLISE DE VANXAINS
Church consecrated in 1147, listed as a historic monument, with ...Read more
THE CHAPEL SAINT FRONT DU COULOBRE
Read moreThe chapel is located at the end of a rocky spur overlooking the Dordogne, materializes the memory of a legendary prodigy attributed to Saint Front, apostle of Perigord, who slayed a terrible dragon, the Coulobre, which ravaged the region. It would date from the 12th century, on a building of the 7th century and would have been built on a former pagan place of worship. The chapel has two entrances, the one on the side is surmounted by a small human head. The baptismal font was originally located outside under a shelter, the baptism having to precede the first entrance to the church. Two remarkable capitals frame the entrance to the choir, one of them presents the temptation to Paradise: a snake embraces a tree laden with fruit and presents an apple to Eve, Saint Front seems to be observing the scene. The other capital, on the north side, is located at the top of a remnant of a column and shows three monstrous beasts. The central one has the face of a human represented with a double tail and limbs in the shape of animal legs. This column would be likely to represent three leopards, symbols of English domination. According to tradition, a large snake skin remained for a very long time on the wall of the nave in memory of the dragon defeated by Saint Front. This evocation is also found in the name of the Trou du Coulobre, a cave located under the chapel, which symbolizes the dragon's lair. Saint Front, patron saint of the diocese of Périgueux, is said to be a native of nearby Lanquais.
ABBAYE NOTRE-DAME DE BONNE ESPÉRANCE
Abbey with a Cistercian abbey church in the forest of the Double, a place ...Read more
L'ENCLOS MONASTIQUE
More than a thousand years of history, constructions in ruins, restoration, ...Read more
ABBAYE DE LIGUEUX
Legend has it that it was founded by Charlemagne, who gave it a relic of ...Read more
MONASTÈRE DE LA TRANSFIGURATION
Monastery autonomous thanks to the manufacture of jams and the breeding of ...Read more
EGLISE SAINT-MARTIN DE BESSE
Church among the architectural jewels of the Perigord, houses sculptures of ...Read more
SAINT GERMAIN D'AUXERRE CHURCH
This Romanesque church features a 12th-century nave, a 16th-century Gothic ...Read more
ST. CYPRIAN CHURCH
The majestic abbey church has a bell tower built from an old defense tower ...Read more