City townhall garden (Limeuil/FR)
City townhall garden. Townhall garden along the Dordogne riverside. Some shade by a very huge grapevine, in age it could be back to begin 19th century.
In Limeuil some "chais" and traces of shipping can still be found. All this ended around 1880 with the devastation of the Phylloxera insect that destroyed all the vineyards in France. Consequential the enormous loss of livelyhood for many peassant families and villages that fell into poverty. The bridges accross the rivers were build in 1891 ending all forms of transport for many ages accross the river intirely.
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Limeuil - Townhall
The village of Limeuil, located at the confluence of the Dordogne and Vézère rivers historically both commercially and strategically on the highways of trade. This region was primarily a wine-producing area for subsequent delivery downstream to Bordeaux, on large, flat-bottomed "gabarres". Nowadays a very nice historical village and on the list of the "Les Plus Beaux Villages de France", the most beautiful villages of France.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limeuil.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels / #garden #grapevine #Townhall #LPBVF in #Limeuil #France
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City townhall garden (Limeuil/FR)
City townhall garden. Townhall garden along the Dordogne riverside. Some shade by a very huge grapevine, in age it could be back to begin 19th century.
In Limeuil some "chais" and traces of shipping can still be found. All this ended around 1880 with the devastation of the Phylloxera insect that destroyed all the vineyards in France. Consequential the enormous loss of livelyhood for many peassant families and villages that fell into poverty. The bridges accross the rivers were build in 1891 ending all forms of transport for many ages accross the river intirely.
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Limeuil - Townhall
The village of Limeuil, located at the confluence of the Dordogne and Vézère rivers historically both commercially and strategically on the highways of trade. This region was primarily a wine-producing area for subsequent delivery downstream to Bordeaux, on large, flat-bottomed "gabarres". Nowadays a very nice historical village and on the list of the "Les Plus Beaux Villages de France", the most beautiful villages of France.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limeuil.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels / #garden #grapevine #Townhall #LPBVF in #Limeuil #France
Published at - Flickr - Google Photos and Maps