{"id":637181,"date":"2025-06-23T16:01:28","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T16:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/637181\/"},"modified":"2025-06-23T16:01:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T16:01:28","slug":"perigord-noir-joyaux-de-pierre-au-coeur-de-la-dordogne-les-100-lieux-quil-faut-voir-mg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/637181\/","title":{"rendered":"P\u00e9rigord noir : joyaux de pierre au c\u0153ur de la Dordogne &#8211; Les 100 Lieux qu&#8217;il faut voir &#8211; MG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title = \"P\u00e9rigord noir : joyaux de pierre au c\u0153ur de la Dordogne - Les 100 Lieux qu&#039;il faut voir - MG\"   width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pbTuGFwv7HY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nP\u00e9rigord noir : joyaux de pierre au c\u0153ur de la Dordogne &#8211; Les 100 Lieux qu&#8217;il faut voir &#8211; MG<br \/>\n<br \/>\nDo you like France?  Do you like to explore it,<br \/>\ndiscover it, and meet it? Sometimes you even<br \/>\nfeel like you know her well. We all have a small beach,<br \/>\na small cove, a clearing, a hamlet or a path that belongs<br \/>\nonly to us, far from the beaten track and that we only want to share with<br \/>\nthose we love. This is the France we want<br \/>\nyou to discover, through 100 places that you absolutely must see in your lifetime. Today we&#8217;re taking you to one of France&#8217;s most gourmet regions, south of the Dordogne, just an hour from P\u00e9rigueux,<br \/>\nin the heart of the exceptional P\u00e9rigord Noir. The P\u00e9rigord owes its color to its dark<br \/>\n, game-filled, marvelous holm oak forests, where legendary castles nestle. This trip will allow you to discover<br \/>\nmany wonders. Among them, the medieval heart of Sarlala,<br \/>\nCanada, historic capital of the P\u00e9rigord Noir. The splendid exotic garden<br \/>\nof La Roque-Gageac, with its steep streets along the<br \/>\nDordogne, a village that is nevertheless under threat. You will also visit the very discreet Fond<br \/>\nde Gaume, this authentic prehistoric cave , unique in the V\u00e9saire region,<br \/>\ncradle of our prehistory. You will discover these treasures with<br \/>\nthose who love them, bring them to life and protect them.  We suggest you start this journey in Sarla, Canada, the capital of the P\u00e9rigord Noir. Built in the 9th century around an abbey,<br \/>\nSarlat gradually became an essential stopover for pilgrims on their way<br \/>\nto Santiago de Compostela. This medieval jewel, one man<br \/>\nloves to reveal its secrets. Come closer, come closer. Daniel Chavaroche is<br \/>\na figure in the region.  A former teacher and<br \/>\nprofessor of the Languedoc singing school, Daniel is now a storyteller. He was murdered with a crossbow shot. It is he who will now give us<br \/>\nthe keys to this city, which is among the most beautiful in Europe. It&#8217;s definitely been<br \/>\na while since we last saw each other. Yes, last time<br \/>\nyou were that tall. You were my teacher<br \/>\nlast time. It doesn&#8217;t make us any younger.<br \/>\nOh no, that doesn&#8217;t make us any younger. But it was good.<br \/>\nYou were already a good student. You were already a good student, open and<br \/>\nable to teach things to others. Well, you see? So today,<br \/>\nI&#8217;m the one who&#8217;s going to teach you. And we will start the visit<br \/>\nwith the Seventh Heaven. By elevator, first.<br \/>\nCome on, let&#8217;s go there. Come on, let&#8217;s go.  A former tourist guide,<br \/>\nKatia Verret now heads communications for the<br \/>\nSarlat Tourist Office. She is the one Daniel chose so as not to<br \/>\nmiss any of the city&#8217;s treasures. We can take a ride in the elevator. No problem, go ahead. In 2008, Jean Nouvel, a local boy,<br \/>\nredesigned one of the city&#8217;s symbols: the old Sainte-Marie church. In the heart of the historic center,<br \/>\nthis 14th-century building now has immense modern doors. 15 meters high<br \/>\nfor seven tons of steel. And in the bell tower, the architect<br \/>\nhid a mysterious elevator. In fact, we will leave the bell tower and<br \/>\ndiscover the city in 360 degrees. And look,<br \/>\nyou already have some magnificent openings. Right in the center,<br \/>\nand watch the Crow chase. He&#8217;s handsome, isn&#8217;t he?<br \/>\nThat one. And there you have it.<br \/>\nAnd there, look. There, at 360 degrees, on Sarla. Yes, exactly. Did you see that?<br \/>\nYes, yes, yes, yes, yes. All these magnificent roofs of the Oze. And the Pecs, I was born up there,<br \/>\nyou see, on the hill. For its exceptional preservation,<br \/>\nSarla has been awarded the label of town of art and history. An award she owes<br \/>\nto a personality who left his mark on 20th century French culture, Andr\u00e9 Malraux. When Malraux came to join<br \/>\nthe resistance here during World War II, he<br \/>\ndiscovered a city that was intact. And that&#8217;s how he thought of<br \/>\nmaking the Malraux law. Oh yes.<br \/>\nAnd what is the Malraux law? It\u2019s about reviving a<br \/>\nhistoric neighborhood that is in decline. So the owners of Sarlat were<br \/>\nhelped to remake an extraordinary town. So, today,<br \/>\nall the apartments are modern and we live there in Sarlat, really<br \/>\nin the historic heart, we live there. There are approximately 1,000 people<br \/>\nliving on these 11 hectares. So, we recreated the city as it was in its<br \/>\nglory days, that is to say the 15th and 16th centuries, just after<br \/>\nthe war of its time. But what&#8217;s more,<br \/>\nwe&#8217;ve brought this city back to life. When you see it like that,<br \/>\nyou tell yourself that you did well to be born there. Sarlat is known worldwide<br \/>\nfor having the highest concentration of historical and listed monuments. A stroke of luck for the cinema, which has made<br \/>\nthe city the setting for 80 percent of the Cap and Dagger films made in France. Among the most famous are Le Capitan,<br \/>\nfilmed in 1956 with Jean Marais, and Luc Besson&#8217;s Joan of Arc in 2006. It must be said that here,<br \/>\nevery alleyway is a history book. So you see, the town of Sarlat,<br \/>\nit&#8217;s entirely made of stone. But that&#8217;s modern. Finally, it&#8217;s modern,<br \/>\nit dates from the 15th, 16th century. But there is a very important period<br \/>\nfor the city, the Hundred Years&#8217; War. 116 years of war. Only in Sarla do we remain<br \/>\nloyal to the French crown. So, at the end of the war,<br \/>\nCharles VII simply gave the city a lot of money to<br \/>\nrebuild it, since we had still suffered. And above all, we are going to ennoble<br \/>\ncertain bourgeois. And there, we will have to show that we have been<br \/>\nennobled, because when we are ennobled, it still has to be seen,<br \/>\nand it has to be seen from afar. And look, there we have one of the tallest<br \/>\nnoble towers, it&#8217;s the Gr\u00e9zel hotel. It is truly one of the<br \/>\nhighest in the town of Sarlat. A noble tower only includes a<br \/>\nvice staircase, but each time, however, it must be shown<br \/>\nthat it is important. So, we will<br \/>\nsimply put the gate. The more decorated it is , the richer we are, the more<br \/>\nimportant we are, the more respected we are. And then, the best of the best<br \/>\nwas kale. Because when we put curly kale<br \/>\nlike that on top, I can tell you that there, the curly kale, you see, is the<br \/>\nfloral decorations that we have next to the pine nuts. And above all you have the Sarlat salamander,<br \/>\nthe head and legs of the salamander, here. And in fact, it is the emblem<br \/>\nof the city of Sarlat. Since Sarlat has resisted water<br \/>\nand fire, and the salamander is the animal that resists fire and water. If<br \/>\nyou pass through Sarlat, have fun finding the 22<br \/>\nnoble towers spread throughout the town. All compete in height. Some will even open their<br \/>\ndoors to you, like the Gisson manor, where each room is an invitation<br \/>\ninto the daily life of the Sarlat-la-Can\u00e9da nobility during the Renaissance. Among the<br \/>\ncity&#8217;s nobles, one man stands out: \u00c9tienne de la Bo\u00e9tie. The author of the first<br \/>\ndemocratic constitution was born here in 1530. His house remains one of the most<br \/>\nbeautiful architectural works of the period. This house was built<br \/>\nby his father, who is a house originally built by merchants. Because if you look at the house<br \/>\nof La Bo\u00e9tie, you have a mark right in the middle. And besides, there is an expression<br \/>\nthat comes from this house. You know, we had wooden shutters<br \/>\nthat fitted inside each other.  In the morning, the shopkeeper<br \/>\nopened his shutter, there was a shutter that rose, a shutter that lowered. And we put things up for<br \/>\nsale on the shutter. And at the time, it was<br \/>\nsaid that the merchants put out hand- picked items. Hence the expression handpicked.<br \/>\nExactly. And the House of the which also<br \/>\ncontinues on this side. And since we need to save space,<br \/>\nwe&#8217;re going to build passages on the streets.<br \/>\nYou see? And this way,<br \/>\nit allows the city to continue to develop, to live, while gaining<br \/>\nmaximum space in height. It doesn&#8217;t bother the people<br \/>\nwho live in the house. Exactly, exactly. If Katia is an expert on the history of Sarlat, Daniel is a true gourmet. And what he loves most of all<br \/>\nis having lunch at the market. So there you see Katia,<br \/>\ntoday it&#8217;s Sara&#8217;s market. And we will find<br \/>\nlocal producers who will give us everything we need to make a good meal. Well, you know, I still come every<br \/>\nWednesday to buy my vegetables. And every Saturday,<br \/>\nmy darling, he loves to come. So in fact, we also come<br \/>\nto the market every Saturday. Yeah, you&#8217;re the truckers<br \/>\nfrom Sarah&#8217;s Market. So, Mr. Roger, hello. Goodbye Roger.<br \/>\nGood morning. I present to you your headdress. What kind of liver did you take? I had an extra liver, which<br \/>\nis from P\u00e9rigord, of course. A liver like that, there, a straight liver,<br \/>\nyou can see the quality in its texture. Just by touch?<br \/>\nTo the touch, that&#8217;s it. I&#8217;m used to a touch. No doubt. The more flexible it is, the better. Another criterion is weight. A straight liver that weighs 1.5 kilos,<br \/>\nthat can&#8217;t happen, even more. There is a risk<br \/>\nthat it will be fat, of course. If it is too small,<br \/>\nthat is to say below 600 grams, it is not considered foie gras. It&#8217;s a liver that hasn&#8217;t<br \/>\nbeen sufficiently cured. But a liver like that, which weighs 800<br \/>\ngrams, 850 grams, is an extra liver. Roger Crouzel has worked<br \/>\nwith foie gras all his life. His advice is invaluable,<br \/>\nlike that of the 320 best P\u00e9rigord producers who, twice a week,<br \/>\ninvade the heart of the medieval city. With foie gras,<br \/>\nblack P\u00e9rigord truffles, strawberries and walnuts, there<br \/>\nare many highly renowned regional specialties. But what Daniel prefers<br \/>\nis to taste them.  On market days,<br \/>\nit is not uncommon for Daniel to find Roger, under the arcades of the town hall,<br \/>\ncooking fresh foie gras. We did You Made Me Hungry. Yes, but I&#8217;m<br \/>\na poor cook. I like eating P\u00e9rigord food<br \/>\n, but I don&#8217;t know how to cook it. Let&#8217;s say,<br \/>\nall these ingredients look good. Pericol vines. That I found. Hams, foie gras. And with that, I&#8217;m going to<br \/>\nmake you a P\u00e9rigourdine quiche. Monique Roulland is<br \/>\na friend of Roger and Daniel.  An outstanding cook,<br \/>\nshe revives forgotten recipes from P\u00e9rigord, such as<br \/>\nfoie gras and cep quiche. So, in stages, you have to add<br \/>\nshredded ham, which you put a little bit everywhere. Say, you&#8217;re generous<br \/>\nwith your ham, Monique. And after your liver that you<br \/>\ncut into escalope. No, is it raw liver?<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s raw liver. So, once all that is done,<br \/>\nI will prepare you. It&#8217;s already pretty. Now it&#8217;s over. We&#8217;ll put it in the oven. Well, and you, Roger, what are<br \/>\nyou going to prepare for us? Well, I&#8217;m going to try<br \/>\nto make pan-fried liver. It&#8217;s not complicated, salt,<br \/>\npepper, back and forth on the griddle. This is a poor man&#8217;s dish. I&#8217;m in the middle of a storm. To accompany the roast goose liver,<br \/>\nRoger fried apples and pears, drizzled<br \/>\nwith a little port sauce. We definitely know how to live in P\u00e9rigord. I think it&#8217;s time<br \/>\nto sit down and eat.  Do you think so?<br \/>\nOh yes. Bread is great.<br \/>\nNo, no, no, no, no, plague period, there was a period&#8230; And we, ultimately, we perpetuate<br \/>\nthe tradition of not dying of hunger. When you visit the Sarlat market,<br \/>\nmake a detour to the town hall. Perhaps you will be invited by Daniel<br \/>\nand his friends to share some gourmet dishes. If, as Daniel pointed out,<br \/>\nP\u00e9rigord has not experienced a period of famine in its history,<br \/>\nit is also thanks to the very numerous walnut trees in the region. Dordogne is the second largest<br \/>\nwalnut-producing department after Is\u00e8re.  It was unthinkable for Daniel not to pay<br \/>\nhomage to the last walnut oil mill in his country. This afternoon, he takes us 8 km<br \/>\nfrom Sarlat, to the Moulin de la Tour, a 16th century building,<br \/>\nwhere he meets Jean-Pierre Bordier. Hello Jean-Pierre. Hello Daniel.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m doing well ? You&#8217;re going to take advantage of this opportunity to<br \/>\ngive me a helping hand. Go ahead, if you want.<br \/>\nI know you&#8217;re a brave man. Oh dear, yes. Come on, Daniel, let&#8217;s get<br \/>\nthe 30 kilos crushed. Come on.<br \/>\nHelp me empty it under the millstone. Here, the machines, like the<br \/>\nworking methods, have not changed for 150 years. Look at this beautiful P\u00e9rigord kernel. And it all starts with 30 kilos<br \/>\nof delicate walnut kernels. And these are geese that<br \/>\nwere all broken by hand. There you go, there are<br \/>\na few hours of work. The millstone is driven by the water from the mill<br \/>\nwhich operates these holes with a solid oak gauge. For 45 minutes,<br \/>\nthe kernels are crushed by 500 kilos of granite to become a homogeneous paste. Since 2002, the P\u00e9rigord walnut has been awarded<br \/>\nthe controlled designation of origin for its quality. So, today we&#8217;re making walnuts<br \/>\nand sometimes we&#8217;re making hazelnuts too. So I&#8217;m going to, during the shovel<br \/>\nand you&#8217;re going to change the dough for me. On the shovel?  So.<br \/>\n  All right.  Have<br \/>\nyou had enough there? There, it&#8217;s good. How hot should it be cooked to<br \/>\n? At about 50 to 80 degrees. There are customers who want<br \/>\nit more or less fruity. And the more it is heated,<br \/>\nthe more flavor it has. Tell me, Jean-Pierre, how<br \/>\nlong have you been doing this job? I married<br \/>\nthe miller&#8217;s daughter in 79. I was a car mechanic. And when my father-in-law<br \/>\nretired in 1988, I took over the mold and now<br \/>\nI&#8217;m the one who&#8217;s retired, but there&#8217;s no one to take over. One of these days it&#8217;s going to close because<br \/>\nit&#8217;s too dangerous for employees. A millstone turns, the person<br \/>\ngets stuck, he falls under the millstone. And it&#8217;s safety, that&#8217;s all. Jean-Pierre still has the right to operate<br \/>\nhis mill as it is, but without an heir, he cannot sell it<br \/>\nwithout bringing it up to European standards. An exorbitant cost that the<br \/>\nMiller cannot afford. You see the oil flowing,<br \/>\nwhich is beautiful, which is yellow, clear. And you&#8217;re going to taste it. Let me taste this a little. Yes, already, anyway,<br \/>\nshe has this particular dress. She&#8217;s still cheese. Now that&#8217;s really pure. For health, I&#8217;m<br \/>\ntold that Denoit&#8217;s is the best. So, in saturated fatty acids,<br \/>\nit is walnut, rapeseed and grape seed. The three oils that<br \/>\nclog your internal organs the least.<br \/>\nJean-Pierre Bordier likes to share the secrets of his oil with passing visitors. An unmissable event if you<br \/>\nwant to taste this nectar with its golden reflections. Another<br \/>\ncompany that is not experiencing the crisis is walnut oil. To discover it, you have to go<br \/>\na few more kilometers. In the south of the department, the feudal castle<br \/>\nof F\u00e9nelon is undergoing renovation. This is where Daniel wanted to<br \/>\ntake us for one last, very private visit. Hello Jean-Julien.<br \/>\nHello Daniel. So, I&#8217;m showing you around P\u00e9rigord Noir<br \/>\nand I heard that you&#8217;re having<br \/>\npart of your slate roof redone. So, you have been well informed. I invite you to discover the castle<br \/>\nand I will also introduce you to our talented lausier.<br \/>\nMy pleasure. Jean-Julien Del\u00f4tre is<br \/>\nthe heir to the estate. F\u00e9nelon was bought by his<br \/>\nparents 20 years ago. This listed medieval building<br \/>\nproudly overlooks the Dordogne valley. Protected by three fortified walls,<br \/>\nit survived the wars of religion before becoming an elegant<br \/>\nstately home. Its imposing 500 square meter slate roof has<br \/>\nnot been renovated since the 18th century. Ah yes, so there, that&#8217;s the demonstration<br \/>\nAh, that&#8217;s a big sound, there, in real life. There we are, yes. The cutting is done at the bottom of the stone. In fact, the tool with which we cut,<br \/>\ndepending on the position which will be, there, there, we hear the raw sound, there. She It&#8217;s going to break there.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s going to break. If you cut it lengthwise,<br \/>\nit regains its rigidity and solidity. New, the stone has an ochre color. Once laid and battered<br \/>\nby the weather, it takes two years to develop a patina<br \/>\nand regain its gray color. And so, in the part where we see<br \/>\nthe brand new stone, at the points, there, here, that, that represents roughly<br \/>\nhow many cubic meters of loz, that? So there&#8217;s about 25<br \/>\ntons of rocks on there. 25 tons later. It takes roughly one<br \/>\ncubic meter to make 3 square meters. That\u2019s 350 tons of stones<br \/>\non the entire roof of F\u00e9nelon. To support such a load for<br \/>\nseveral centuries, the framework of the immense castle<br \/>\nis entirely made of oak. So finally,<br \/>\nsince it&#8217;s relatively a profession with a future, will you find<br \/>\npeople who are competent enough to learn how to cut loz,<br \/>\nto lay it properly, in a sustainable way, of course, since<br \/>\nit has to last for centuries, you know? I was trained,<br \/>\nit was my father who trained me. My grandfather used to do that. I have a son who is 17 years old,<br \/>\nwho is finishing his studies and who I will normally employ in the future. So, after that, we pass it on<br \/>\nlike that from father to son. Wicker is also<br \/>\na profitable profession. 600 euros per renovated square meter<br \/>\non average, or 300,000 euros in total for F\u00e9nelon. A colossal budget for these owners<br \/>\nwho, despite aid from the region and historic monuments, rely on<br \/>\nvisitors to replenish the coffers. And as she&#8217;s going to<br \/>\nfind out now.  There are many treasures here. So this way, Daniel. Oh yes, yes, yes, yes. We arrive at the&#8230; It&#8217;s there, it&#8217;s F\u00e9nelon&#8217;s home. This is the truly<br \/>\nemblematic room of the castle. This is the room in which<br \/>\nthe writer F\u00e9nolon was born. His life was truly anchored<br \/>\nin the century of Louis XIV. He attended court. He was notably the<br \/>\nspiritual director of Madame de Maintenon, the king&#8217;s second wife. And above all, he was the tutor of his<br \/>\nthree grandsons, including the heir to the throne, who was the Duke of Burgundy. And for his education,<br \/>\nF\u00e9nolon composed his masterpiece, which is The Adventures of Telemachus,<br \/>\nwhich was the greatest bookseller&#8217;s success of the entire 18th century. And then the fireplace, impressive. Indeed, it is<br \/>\nthe most beautiful in the castle. This is the<br \/>\npride of our interiors. It can.<br \/>\nIt is listed as a historical monument. Between the cartridges, the scrolls,<br \/>\nthe fruit falls in the uprights. We really have a very good example<br \/>\nof the know-how of the Pyrigourdin artisans. And there,<br \/>\nthese people were truly artists. And then behind you,<br \/>\nDaniel, there is a relic. It is the one with the canopy,<br \/>\nin which Ph\u00e9nolon was born. Ah good ?<br \/>\nThis is a centerpiece. Here is the centerpiece. So, there&#8217;s a little legend about it<br \/>\n, you see, you can notice that it&#8217;s missing fringes from its canopy. So legend has it that when<br \/>\npeople came to visit the room in the 19th century, they took<br \/>\nwith them a little piece of the canopy, leaving with<br \/>\na little piece of F\u00e9nelon&#8217;s wisdom. Fortunately, there weren&#8217;t<br \/>\ntoo many tourists at the time. Today, the castle of Fran\u00e7ois<br \/>\nde Salignac, of the F\u00e9nelon style, his real name, opens<br \/>\nits doors wide to visitors. Fully furnished with<br \/>\nprecious collections, it will also offer you, if you pass by, one of the most beautiful<br \/>\npanoramas of the Dordogne valley. The P\u00e9rigord Noir is full<br \/>\nof remarkable sites. 15 of them are listed as<br \/>\nUNESCO World Heritage sites, and seven are even among the most beautiful villages in France. 14 kilometers south of Sarlat,<br \/>\nwe recommend you take a detour to La Roque-Gageac. A marvel of medieval architecture,<br \/>\nnestled between the Dordogne and its lines and cliffs. Maryline de Annie is<br \/>\nan adopted Laroquoise. This woman from Toulouse fell in love<br \/>\n13 years ago with a child from the village and never left. It is she who we will follow<br \/>\nnow to discover this jewel of our heritage,<br \/>\ninhabited by man for 33,000 years. Hello Helen. And hello Marine, how are you?<br \/>\nVery good, and you too? With her friend H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Olliaque,<br \/>\nshe begins by bringing back to life the history of this extraordinary troglodyte village<br \/>\n. So there, you see, we are going to arrive<br \/>\nin the most wonderful place to talk about<br \/>\nthe history of this village.  So.<br \/>\nSuperb, indeed. It&#8217;s here. And when you&#8217;re here, we understand everything. Because ultimately,<br \/>\neverything comes from this cliff which has always been a natural protection<br \/>\nand a source of food, of water, which explains why people,<br \/>\nfor a very, very, very long time, have settled here. And each time around the springs,<br \/>\nso that in each house there is at least one source of<br \/>\ndrinking water, which, in case of a siege, can be very, very useful. After prehistoric man,<br \/>\nthe Gauls and then the Romans, a more sedentary population<br \/>\nsettled here in the Middle Ages. La Roque-Gageac became a strong town,<br \/>\ncapable of resisting the English attacker. And for 600 years, the village&#8217;s architecture has remained almost identical. So there, Marine, I&#8217;m taking you to a<br \/>\nvery specific place in La Roque. Be very careful of the steps,<br \/>\nthey are bad. Yes, indeed.  So. I&#8217;m going to get my hair ticked. So there, you know that the Dordogne has<br \/>\nalways had relatively enormous floods which finally began,<br \/>\nespecially in the last century, to be more or less channeled with dams. And since the dams have been built,<br \/>\nwe have had much fewer floods. But there remain, and this<br \/>\nis truly a particularity of the Aroquoise, these small staircases. They were used to evacuate<br \/>\nall the inhabitants from below in the event of flash floods to bring them to the floor above. And of course, with them,<br \/>\nthey carried grain, well, anything fragile.<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s super funny. And there are some all over the village. So that&#8217;s why I<br \/>\nhave one at home too. And there you have it, now<br \/>\nyou know why you have one.  So. But in La Roque-Gageac,<br \/>\nthe Dordogne is not the only threat. The limestone rock of the cliff<br \/>\nthat shelters the village is fragile. On January 17, 1957, it was even the<br \/>\ncause of a tragedy. This is unfortunately the only place<br \/>\nthat was destroyed when the Rock fell in 1957. On the other hand, we can<br \/>\nstill see very clearly the traces of the old roofs in the rock. So there we can still see pieces<br \/>\nof zinc, we can see the holes for the beams that supported<br \/>\nthe roofs, etc. And there, if you don&#8217;t mind, we&#8217;re going to go see<br \/>\nAndr\u00e9, Georgie, who lived in 57. Andr\u00e9, we&#8217;re here.<br \/>\nGood morning. Yes, I am on a pilgrimage because I<br \/>\nam above the house where, precisely, I was that day. We were with the priest,<br \/>\nwe were having a catechism session. How old were you?<br \/>\nI was 10 years old. And at 10:00 in the morning,<br \/>\nwe suddenly heard a loud noise. And the rock, the part of the rock<br \/>\nthat fell was right there. And it fell about 50 meters<br \/>\nfrom the house where we were inside. So we were very scared. But it&#8217;s mostly the dust. We couldn&#8217;t see anything anymore, it<br \/>\nwas like the middle of the night. So it was still<br \/>\nquite spectacular. But it was the day we<br \/>\nhad the lucky star. That&#8217;s it, that&#8217;s how it is.  Did that cause any casualties, Andr\u00e9? And yes, it had three victims. Nearly 60 years later, the imprint of the<br \/>\ndetached rock is still clearly visible. In 2010, part of the ruins<br \/>\nof the Old Fort fell on a manor house. 350 tons of stones. An emergency situation<br \/>\nto which the municipality reacted. Today, sensors measure<br \/>\nthe movements of the rock and huge steel nets have been stretched<br \/>\nover sensitive areas. The village is now secure<br \/>\nand the residents are reassured. This adored and feared cliff is also the origin of a very strange phenomenon. In the heart of the narrow streets of the village,<br \/>\nMaryline shows us tropical plants. An exotic garden, unique in P\u00e9rigord, jealously<br \/>\nwatched over by Michel Courbrand.<br \/>\nHello Michel.  Are you doing well ?<br \/>\nYes. Listen, couldn&#8217;t you<br \/>\nplease meet me here? Because it&#8217;s where I<br \/>\ngot married 11 years ago. It was 2003.<br \/>\nIt was sunny as hell. We took the photos, if you like, here,<br \/>\nof the magnificent exotic garden. However, I don&#8217;t know all<br \/>\nthe varieties, so I&#8217;m counting on you to show them to me.<br \/>\nI will help you. Great. I won&#8217;t tell you everything,<br \/>\nbut I will help you. Already.<br \/>\nWell, I&#8217;ll follow you then. Let&#8217;s go. 150 varieties of exotic plants grow<br \/>\nhere, which gives the aroma of Gageac the nickname of Petit-Nice of P\u00e9rigord. An adventure, to say the least, abundant,<br \/>\nstarted in the 60s by a village resident. The creator of the garden is G\u00e9rard Dorin,<br \/>\nwho is at home here. So G\u00e9rard Dorin is a botanist&#8230;<br \/>\nRenowned, yes. &#8230; Who traveled a lot and who made<br \/>\nthe observation, obviously, he is well placed, that on the north side,<br \/>\nthe cliff protected him, on the south side, there is the humidity of the Dordogne. And so, all this led him to observe<br \/>\nthat the climate must be suitable for this type of plant, which he brought back<br \/>\nfrom his travels around the world. He started to plant a little<br \/>\naround his house, at his neighbor&#8217;s house, on the terraces. And then, little by little, it<br \/>\nspread and spread. And now we&#8217;ve lined it everywhere,<br \/>\nright up to the church, the town hall, and then we&#8217;ve created this Banana Avenue. These are not normally plants<br \/>\nthat grow in the P\u00e9rigord. Here we have the bitter orange tree, there<br \/>\nare others in the aisle. Here, the palm trees. And then also, we have the grenadier. Look at the pomegranate tree, how beautiful it is.<br \/>\nOh yes, it is magnificent. I would love to have<br \/>\na pomegranate tree at home. If you visit La Roque-Gageac,<br \/>\nyou will discover that exotic plants are not the only<br \/>\nexception in this valley. The warmth of the cliff and the humidity<br \/>\nof the Dordogne have allowed a forgotten flower to be reborn. To discover it, Maryline<br \/>\ntook us across the river. Hello Sylvie.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m coming. Sylvie Tisserand is a saffron farmer. Seven years ago,<br \/>\nshe left Paris and the corporate world to grow<br \/>\nsaffron in P\u00e9rigord. A challenge that seems to have been<br \/>\nrather difficult to overcome.  Do you remember the first year&#8217;s production<br \/>\n? Yes, oh my.<br \/>\n3.25 grams with 3,000 bubbles. It was an entry into the agricultural world<br \/>\nwhich was a little tough at the time. Nevertheless, I persevered. Today, on this small plot,<br \/>\nSylvie can harvest up to 300 grams of saffron pistils in good years. Ideally, it is good to plant<br \/>\nthe saffron about 15 to 20 centimeters deep. So there, you see the bulb?  Do<br \/>\nyou see the bulb viger? Yes. A bulb of this size<br \/>\ncan produce 5, 6, 7, 8 flowers. So, in the flowers,<br \/>\nhow many pistils do you harvest? One pistil per flower? One pistil per flower,<br \/>\nseveral flowers per bulb, 150 to 200 flowers to make one gram of saffron. In France today, a gram<br \/>\nof saffron sells for between 30 and 35 euros. Saffron has always been very expensive.  So. So there, I cover everything.<br \/>\nAlright. I&#8217;ll come and help you.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m going to come help you with the&#8230; So next summer, I&#8217;m hiring you. All right. In the past, this rare and expensive spice<br \/>\nwas used for dyeing and medicine. But saffron disappeared<br \/>\nafter the Middle Ages. Sylvie would like it to find<br \/>\nits place in traditional French cuisine today. So here we are going to try<br \/>\na saffron pear tart together. I&#8217;ve never tried anything sweet.<br \/>\nSo, I&#8217;m curious. So whether it&#8217;s sweet or savory,<br \/>\nthe key to using saffron is infusing it. Here we have an infusion of<br \/>\nsaffron pistil in water. It must be infused for at least an hour,<br \/>\nideally the day before for the next day. Throwing a dried pistil into a<br \/>\nculinary preparation is really a waste. With coloring, saffron<br \/>\nhighlights the flavors of the other ingredients. Sylvie therefore puts infused saffron in her<br \/>\ndough and liquid cr\u00e8me fra\u00eeche which covers the pears. To finish, a touch of color<br \/>\nwith raspberries from the garden. Cook for approximately<br \/>\n40 minutes at 180 degrees. Ready for the tasting? Yes, wait, we deserved it, I think. I&#8217;m coming back, but the pear. This will be my next dessert. As in Sylvie&#8217;s kitchen,<br \/>\nin P\u00e9rigord-Noir, the imprint of the Middle Ages is everywhere. At that time, territories<br \/>\nwere fought over with the sword. So, the Sandini castles of Aigle,<br \/>\nwhere the armies take refuge. The one in Castelnau has overlooked the<br \/>\nDordogne valley since the 13th century. It is historically the<br \/>\nmost coveted castle in the region. A must-see place for Maryline,<br \/>\nwho now joins Laetitia Bertholussi,<br \/>\nguide at the Ch\u00e2teau de Castelnau. Hello Laetitia. Hello Maryline. Welcome to Castelnau Castle.<br \/>\nThank you so much. As a Laroquoise, I wanted to<br \/>\nshow the Castelnau castle. Yes. Because we have a marvel here, not<br \/>\nfar from home, art in Gageac. Yes. So, this castle of Castelnau is<br \/>\ntoday the Museum of the art of war in the Middle Ages. So, it contains a whole bunch of weapons,<br \/>\nincluding the full-size one, which are displayed here in front of you. Castelnau Castle has been<br \/>\nbesieged many times, including by the King of France, Charles VII, in 1442. But the royal arms were<br \/>\nunable to overcome the fortress. So, here is one of the reasons<br \/>\nwhy Castelnau Castle was very difficult to take. By the presence of this cane beard,<br \/>\nwhich was the essential element, precisely, in this defense, and which is composed<br \/>\nof a multitude of traps and obstacles. Very well, I&#8217;ll follow you.<br \/>\nFirst trap. And we&#8217;re going to equip ourselves. Since we are now<br \/>\nthe attackers of Castelnau Castle, it was better to be well protected. So I&#8217;ll equip you with a cap to start with.<br \/>\nHere, I&#8217;ll let you put it on. A cap. It looks like<br \/>\na balaclava to me. That&#8217;s it. Exactly. To protect your skull from<br \/>\nfriction with metal. It was very fashionable in the 14th century. We call it salad.<br \/>\nThe salad. It was possible to raise the visor. He looks a little there. Oh yes, indeed, yes. It was also necessary,<br \/>\nafter passing through this door, to pass underneath, precisely,<br \/>\nthis first trap of the barbican which is called a salting pit,<br \/>\nuseful to the defenders installed above on the terrace to launch heavy<br \/>\nprojectiles and not to do everything, just to stun those<br \/>\nwho passed through the entrance door. But actually, kill them<br \/>\nall pretty much one by one. There, we enter the main courtyard<br \/>\nof the castle, it is the seigneurial courtyard. Obviously, the essential element<br \/>\nfor life and survival in a castle is the Puy. If you look closely, it has<br \/>\na roof to protect the water. Very important, especially when<br \/>\nfacing trebuchets. It was the most powerful and<br \/>\nprecise machine of the time. It is also the first<br \/>\nbacteriological weapon. With her, we didn&#8217;t<br \/>\njust throw balls. Small dead and sick animals were also sent<br \/>\nto infect, when possible, the interior of the castles. If he fell into the waters of Le Puy,<br \/>\nit would have been over for those who were defending themselves, since we<br \/>\nknow that we can&#8217;t&#8230; So, he had to lay down his arms.<br \/>\nThey had to lay down their arms. I&#8217;m going to take you a little further<br \/>\ninto the castle now, to show you from a little higher up<br \/>\nwhy this castle was so highly coveted. During the Hundred Years&#8217; War,<br \/>\nthe most powerful castle in the P\u00e9rigord Noir was taken this time by the English. Even today, you<br \/>\nonly have to climb the rampart walk to understand the<br \/>\nstrategic interest it aroused at the time. On the patrol path, did you see? We culminate here, in Castelnau. So, this is almost<br \/>\nthe highest point, here. The highest point<br \/>\nis the top of the keep, which rises to 193 meters. And has this castle ever been inhabited? So no, the comfort was not<br \/>\nsufficient for it to serve as a place of residence. It has always been a military castle,<br \/>\na frontier castle to protect the lands that extend to the rear. Here, we are located at the confluence of<br \/>\nthe two valleys that you see here. So that&#8217;s why it suffered a whole<br \/>\nbunch of attacks during the medieval period. I love this castle. It&#8217;s one of<br \/>\nmy top 100 must-see places. Personally,<br \/>\nit&#8217;s really beautiful. Before leaving the castle,<br \/>\nhave fun as Maryline has stepped into the shoes of the attacker. You can also shoot at the model trebuchet<br \/>\n, installed at the foot of the ramparts. All right.<br \/>\n3, 2, 1, here we go. The thousand-year-old history of the valley is<br \/>\ntherefore written along the course of this river which gave its name to the department. To understand this, it is impossible to leave<br \/>\nRoque Gageac without sailing on the Dordogne. Maryline now joins Michel L\u00e9ger,<br \/>\naboard one of his barges. Hello Michel. Hi Maryline.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m going there. In the 17th century,<br \/>\nthis boat was used for trade. For 200 years, the bargemen played<br \/>\nan essential economic role that Michel likes to remind the 140,000 people<br \/>\nwho board these ships each year.<br \/>\nAre the bargemen merchants? No way. The bargemen<br \/>\nonly carried. They were transporting for traders. They were flat-bottomed boats<br \/>\nthat carried goods. So mainly wood<br \/>\non the way down, chestnut stakes which were used for the Bordeaux vineyard<br \/>\nand the wood from which was used to make the barrels. And when they came back up, these barges,<br \/>\nthey essentially brought up everything that was in a port like Bordeaux<br \/>\nand that was missing in the interior of the country. The main thing that was missing was salt. Salt was a way<br \/>\nto keep the It&#8217;s huge. And in Roquageac, the navigation office<br \/>\nrecorded in 1858 437 barges passing through Roquageac.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s huge. Per year.<br \/>\nYes, it&#8217;s huge. The arrival of the railway in 1870 put an<br \/>\nend to the barge trade on the Dordogne. It was not until 1995 that these boats<br \/>\nwere brought back into fashion for holidaymakers. Today, the barges are a<br \/>\nunique way to help you discover this valley and the castles that overlook it. Is it difficult for Mich\u00e8le<br \/>\nto drive a barge? Not at all, Maryline. Besides, look,<br \/>\nyou&#8217;re going to drive that one. Here, take my place, go ahead. You see?<br \/>\nYou guide me, you guide me, Michel. If you want to go right,<br \/>\nyou turn the wheel to the right helm, and if you want to go left,<br \/>\nyou turn the helm to the left. And if you want to go<br \/>\nstraight, you do nothing. Alright. There, you avoid the rocks,<br \/>\nto the left, there, it should be fine. There you go, that&#8217;s good.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s good ? There, it&#8217;s over, now it&#8217;s good. Not too close, it&#8217;s<br \/>\nstill ready, but it&#8217;s okay. Give me some rum, so I can forget about this. The<br \/>\nDordogne basin is a setting where biodiversity and heritage<br \/>\nare best protected. In 2012, it was the first in the world<br \/>\nto be classified as a biosphere reserve by UNESCO. Authentic and preserved,<br \/>\nthe P\u00e9rigord Noir is full of secret spots. 40 km north of La Roque-Gageac,<br \/>\nfar from the tourist circuits, we recommend you stop off<br \/>\nin this other village classified among the most beautiful in France,<br \/>\nSaint-L\u00e9on-sur-V\u00e9saire. Philippe Colomy is a child of the village.  A former European canoeing champion,<br \/>\nhe has lost count of the hours spent on the V\u00e9s\u00e8res.<br \/>\nPhilippe knows every nook and cranny of this tributary of the Dordogne. Secrets that he will reveal<br \/>\ntoday to his friend, Serge Separd. Hello Philippe. Hello Serge. I&#8217;m doing well ?<br \/>\nWell and you ? Yeah.  Are you coming for a little trip?  So.<br \/>\n  I hope I can<br \/>\nhelp you discover the V\u00e9z\u00e8re in a different way. Sit down.  Should<br \/>\nI put myself here? You put yourself in the front. I steer the ship.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s good ? Go ahead, sit down.<br \/>\nI am sitting comfortably. I&#8217;m feeling good in the right direction. You&#8217;re in charge.<br \/>\nThat works. You tell me what to do. So far, nothing.<br \/>\nSo, that&#8217;s fine. And now you can<br \/>\npaddle in peace. And when you were competing, did<br \/>\nyou train on the V\u00e9saire? The V\u00e9saire is an ideal river<br \/>\nfor training, because you have flat water, you have white water. And for me, it was my playground. I was in La V\u00e9s\u00e8re<br \/>\npractically every day. All right.<br \/>\nWhat is special about the V\u00e9s\u00e8re?  For me, it&#8217;s really his wild side. In fact, it is not accessible<br \/>\nother than by canoe. So here we arrive at Belkair. Belkair means stone in Occitan. It means beautiful stone. This rock is shaped like the prow of a boat. Absolutely, yes. Then, when you see the terrace, there,<br \/>\nlike that, there, you say to yourself, during the aperitif, it must be pretty good. It&#8217;s from the 15th century, actually. The tower was really a<br \/>\nwatchtower to monitor the valley. Like the Dordogne, the banks<br \/>\nof the V\u00e9s\u00e8re have always been inhabited. Since the Paleolithic era,<br \/>\nthe limestone cliff sculpted by erosion has offered man<br \/>\nnatural protection and many riches. You see Serge,<br \/>\nhere I am taking you to a place which is truly for me one of the<br \/>\nspecial places in the V\u00e9s\u00e8re valley. A rock shelter, quite simply. Water falling<br \/>\nbecause we are on a limestone plateau and there are resurgences everywhere. So, limestone is a real sponge. As soon as it rains, it accumulates water. It&#8217;s simply rainwater<br \/>\nthat may have fallen last winter.  By the time it passes through the thickness<br \/>\nof the limestone, it has already filtered and cooled down. It&#8217;s always the same flow rate<br \/>\ncoming out at 12 degrees. And so, after that, we also have all this<br \/>\nvegetation covering the ceiling. So, these are capillaries, they<br \/>\nare from the Fern family. And it&#8217;s pretty, it&#8217;s wonderful. Oh yeah, it&#8217;s beautiful,<br \/>\nit&#8217;s your place. Come on, let&#8217;s continue the descent. Thanks to this constantly flowing water,<br \/>\nthe V\u00e9saire has never experienced drought and its quality remains exceptional. What are the plants in front of there,<br \/>\nPhilippe, with these flowers? So these are water buttercups. It is the same family as the buttercup. It smells so good in spring. And then, it&#8217;s a place where fish<br \/>\ncome to take refuge, especially small fish. So down there, predators<br \/>\nwill have a hard time catching them. And for the past 5 or 6 years,<br \/>\nwe&#8217;ve had a lot of gudgeon returns, which is<br \/>\na sign of water quality. Always appreciated by fishermen,<br \/>\nthe river was also, until the 19th century,<br \/>\na very busy commercial route. Saint-L\u00e9on-sur-V\u00e9saire was then one of the<br \/>\nmain trading ports in the region. To imagine it, Philippe<br \/>\nnow joins David L&#8217;Espinasse. An antique dealer,<br \/>\nDavid is an expert on the history of this charming village,<br \/>\nonce rich and lively. Hello David, how are you?<br \/>\nAre you okay too? Yeah, you asked me to meet you at<br \/>\nthe town hall square, so I could show you around Saint-L\u00e9on.  That&#8217;s<br \/>\nit. You should know that under our feet, here, there<br \/>\nwas a large port, with boats, courbets,<br \/>\nbarges which were used to transport wood, tiles, walnut oil,<br \/>\nwine, which were transported to Libournes. And the ascent made it possible to bring back here,<br \/>\nin this stock, the salt and spices which were used for the children, and<br \/>\nall other goods. Given the size of the building,<br \/>\nthere must have been quite a few people there, because&#8230; Indeed, there were about 1,200<br \/>\ninhabitants, with very strong economic activity. It hasn&#8217;t moved.<br \/>\nThis building feels like it&#8217;s still the 19th century. It remained authentic. I really like this architecture,<br \/>\nthe Saint-L\u00e9onnaise, there. You feel that<br \/>\nit&#8217;s still on a human scale. And so that,<br \/>\nwe call that a gentle courtet.  That&#8217;s it.<br \/>\nWhy a gentle court? A sweet couret is Occitan. It&#8217;s a small alley,<br \/>\nactually very narrow. Just the passing of a cart. Little cart, huh?<br \/>\nA small cart. The charretou, like the couret doux.<br \/>\nThe wood. Wood, when&#8230;<br \/>\nWe always have the plant element, you see. Yeah, it&#8217;s this marriage<br \/>\nbetween stone and plant. And there, we continue on our gentle course.<br \/>\nAnd there you have it. And at every street corner, it&#8217;s<br \/>\nalways a very pleasant discovery. I&#8217;ll introduce you to Gilbert,<br \/>\nsince he&#8217;s spent a lot of time in the water belts. He&#8217;ll tell us about it.<br \/>\nHi Gilbert. Good morning.<br \/>\nHello Gilbert, how are you? Yes, I&#8217;m fine.<br \/>\nYou too ? Yeah.  Are<br \/>\nyou going for a walk? Yes, in the gentle streams. And we were talking about you, because you<br \/>\nspent your youth there. We said: Oh, yes, that&#8217;s true. We&#8217;ll bring him in, he&#8217;ll<br \/>\nshow us a little bit better. Come on, let&#8217;s go see. These are the gentle courtyards,<br \/>\nthe little alleys, and where we had fun when we were kids,<br \/>\nwe played hide-and-seek and we found little corners to hide,<br \/>\nlike behind little trees and then some spots, there, another spot. And the little streets were paved<br \/>\nwith pebbles, pebbles from the V\u00e9s\u00e8re. And the alleys, is there a reason they<br \/>\nare so narrow? But yes, because in the past,<br \/>\nSaint-L\u00e9on, which is surrounded by water, was very expensive per square meter. And that&#8217;s why the houses were<br \/>\nconcentrated and the alleys were narrow because&#8230; They saved on space. If<br \/>\nyou ever wander through this maze of charming alleyways, don&#8217;t forget to admire<br \/>\nthe jewel of Saint-L\u00e9on, its 12th century Romanesque church. Here, the remains are everywhere<br \/>\nand each stone tells a story. The only concession to modernity in this<br \/>\nancestral setting is this bridge designed by Gustave Eiffel. Well, it&#8217;s true that<br \/>\nthis bridge is a bit unusual. It is atypical because it is metallic. Unusual here, since the other<br \/>\nvillages have stone points. No bridge before the 20th century? No bridge before the 20th century. There was a ferryman on a flat-bottomed wooden ferry<br \/>\n  with paddles who carried<br \/>\nanimals and people across between the left and right banks.<br \/>\nOkay, okay. So, in addition, we have a great<br \/>\nview of the village, there, of the bridge, there.  That&#8217;s it. We not only have<br \/>\nthe 16th century castle there. Here, the Romanesque church. This is really a postcard.  That&#8217;s<br \/>\nit. The V\u00e9s\u00e8re Valley is<br \/>\nalso called the Valley of Man. 400,000 years that he who is installed here. Around this river are gathered<br \/>\nthe most impressive prehistoric sites in Europe. Discovered in 1901,<br \/>\nFond de Gaume is the most emblematic of the 25 decorated caves in the region. Unlike Lascaux,<br \/>\nwhose cave paintings were reproduced in another cave,<br \/>\nFond de Gaume still presents to the public the original drawings<br \/>\nmade 15,000 years ago. Philippe meets<br \/>\nJean-Jacques Cleill\u00e9merle there, the general curator of Fond de Gaume, who<br \/>\noffers him the privilege of a private visit to this cave where<br \/>\nthousand-year-old treasures lie dormant. It&#8217;s wonderful to arrive here and know<br \/>\nthat you&#8217;re going to visit an original, in fact. It is the last<br \/>\ntruly polychrome, original painting cave still accessible to the public. All right. So we&#8217;re really lucky<br \/>\nto be able to get in there. It might not last, actually. For now, I&#8217;m pretty optimistic. To preserve it,<br \/>\nonly 80 people are allowed to enter the cave each day. It&#8217;s still quite narrow<br \/>\nthere to move around. No, the entrance there is 60,<br \/>\n60 centimeters. We are in something<br \/>\nthat is quite narrow. A system in cracks. So, there are places where we<br \/>\nhave a little more space. And the Magdalenians who engraved and painted<br \/>\nthese elements had very little perspective to work with. The Magdalenians lived in P\u00e9rigord<br \/>\naround 15,000 years before our era. According to scientists, it is their<br \/>\ndrawings that adorn the walls here. 200 animal figures over 120 meters<br \/>\nlong, gutted deer, mammoths and especially bison. 80 in total. So, we&#8217;re looking at bison, you see,<br \/>\nwhich are immediately identifiable as bison. Look at the eyes as they<br \/>\nare highlighted, that is extraordinary. And then there is ochre<br \/>\nand black ochre. Here we are dealing with dyes,<br \/>\npigments which are essentially mineral pigments. Ochres are iron oxides<br \/>\nand blacks are made from manganese oxides. Contrary to popular belief,<br \/>\nFond de Gaume has never been inhabited. During the Magdalenian period,<br \/>\npeople came here to express themselves through drawing. We can feel there<br \/>\nis something strong there. I&#8217;m not going to say we&#8217;re inhabited,<br \/>\nbut almost, we&#8217;re&#8230; I wouldn&#8217;t be really capable<br \/>\nof doing that, for example. They are modern men, they<br \/>\nare men like us. But if you simply<br \/>\nin terms of generation. What does it do?<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s not even 1,000 generations. That&#8217;s not much. And I find that when you are<br \/>\nin a cavity of this type, you feel close to those who have frequented them. It&#8217;s a little bit like it<br \/>\nleft not so long ago. Cavities and rock shelters have<br \/>\nalways been exploited by man in P\u00e9rigord. Philippe now takes us to discover<br \/>\nthe only troglodyte castle in France, the Maison forte de Rainiac. Ah, but here you are. Yes, hello Jean-Max, how are you?  Are<br \/>\nyou okay, Philippe? Yes, I&#8217;m fine. Listen, I&#8217;m happy to come<br \/>\nvisit Rainiac with you. It&#8217;s been&#8230; Ever since I was a kid,<br \/>\nwhen I walked past it and it was closed, we saw it come to life again. So we say the Fortified House,<br \/>\nin fact, it is a landmark. But initially it was<br \/>\na practically blind wall. You see, with a few loopholes. All the windows were<br \/>\nsubsequently opened. Okay, yes. You have no idea how many hidden treasures there are. Okay, we&#8217;ll go see about that. I hope you&#8217;ll show me. It&#8217;s beautiful. Jean-Max Touron is the new<br \/>\nowner of the premises. For ten years, he has made the<br \/>\nRainiac fortified house a witness to a centuries-old art of living. You saw here, it&#8217;s beautiful. Like this hall of honor,<br \/>\nthe castle hides immense rooms that Jean-Max has furnished one by<br \/>\none in the smallest details. You&#8217;re in a 600-year-old room<br \/>\nwith a 600-year-old floor. Oh yeah, real rammed earth, yeah. So, do you want<br \/>\nme to show you how people washed their hands in the Middle Ages?<br \/>\nOh yes, I&#8217;m interested. They had running water. Uh, a running water system, yes. You see, you have a wooden bucket,<br \/>\nand then you have this kind of ladle there. So you take a little water,<br \/>\nput it there and there you go. And you have running water,<br \/>\nyes, but that&#8217;s ingenious. Go ahead. But I had the same<br \/>\nsystem at my grandmother&#8217;s.  That &#8216;s funny.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s lost now. Raise your brain to something else. So there you are in the weapons room. Okay, yes, yes, yes.  There are some instruments of torture, there<br \/>\nare armors, but there is one unique piece.<br \/>\nLook at. For Dermine, yes. Well, I don&#8217;t know where you<br \/>\nfound this, but it&#8217;s an unbreakable safe.<br \/>\nAlmost.  We have to see how it works.<br \/>\nWe must lower. Ah, already, yeah. So there, your first key. Because there are multiple keys, yeah.<br \/>\nOh, yeah, yeah, yeah. You don&#8217;t push it in too far, you turn it<br \/>\nand you have this key that you insert. And it doesn&#8217;t work. So I continue. The key. Look, look how it goes. I push back&#8230; I go back, I push forward,<br \/>\nI turn clockwise. It doesn&#8217;t work. And there, it will work. And once it works there,<br \/>\nit works there. You&#8217;re still having fun like a fool. This<br \/>\nhouse, filled with treasures by its owner, is called<br \/>\nCh\u00e2teau Falaise in P\u00e9rigord. Like him, Jean-Max has passionately revived<br \/>\n11 historic sites in the region, all open to the public. To end this trip on the Vesaire,<br \/>\nhe now takes Philippe for a baptism of the air. Damn, you&#8217;re really heavy. Oh yes, the fortified house too,<br \/>\nthe view from here is another dimension. In love with his valley,<br \/>\nJean-Max likes to contemplate it from the sky. Great,<br \/>\nthe view of P\u00e9rigord is magical, isn&#8217;t it? Yeah. That&#8217;s absolutely crazy. But Jean-Max, that&#8217;s a childhood dream.<br \/>\nTHANKS. For me, it&#8217;s wonderful. By air or by the many roads<br \/>\nthat crisscross the Dordogne, the countless jewels of the P\u00e9rigord Noir will<br \/>\ngive you the feeling of having traveled back in time. 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