Tips-4-Trips - #Tip145 -- La Roque de Gageac - video Dailymotion

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Located at the foot of a cliff along the Dordogne River, the village of La Roque-Gageac offers visitors a network of narrow lanes, a troglodyte fortress, tropical vegetation and a small church that dominates the valley.

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00:00The river Dordogne is essential for the place.

00:23Only from here you can really admire the houses clinging to the rocks.

00:26A round trip simply has to be made, as the landscape only shows its original side from

00:56here.

01:02Like many very old fortifications, the one of Rock Gajac dates back to the 8th and 9th

01:07century.

01:08At that time, raids by Saracens and Normans, who sailed up the rivers in their seaworthy

01:12ships, were frequent.

01:14The population sheltered in fortified dwellings between steep slopes and the shore.

01:26The simple village church dates from the end of the 12th century and towers over the roofs

01:30of the village.

01:44Up next to it we find the exotic garden with Mediterranean or even tropical looking vegetation.

01:58This is how the present structure of the village was born, which invites to a long walk at

02:02any time of the day.

Tips-4-Trips - #Tip145 -- La Roque de Gageac

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