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Picturesque village view at Issigeac, it is one of the many very nice French villages in this region. Perfect for a nice quiet walk and your photos will present themselves as picturesque paintings through the lens.
Photo August 2, 2020, Issigeac - history (+/-1250) after 770 years in time.
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Issigeac - History
Issigeac - a picturesque small village with many 13th to 15th century medieval timbered houses circling a church and a 17th century Bishop's Palace. The weekly market and brocante market is very popular with a nice variety of products and goods. Also, enjoy the local restaurants, it will sure make your visit complete. This village should be listed as one of the "Les Plus Beaux Villages de France" because it's exactly that type of a nice quaint French villages to visit.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
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Martial Raysse és un pintor, escultor i realitzador francès nascut el 12 de febrer de 1936 a Golfe-Juan (Alps Marítims). Té el seu estudi a Issigeac (Dordonya).
Ha rebut nombrosos encàrrecs públiques. Un parell d'ells provenen de l'alcalde de Nîmes Jean Bousquet, que vol enllaçar el passat amb la modernitat, i realitza en els anys 1980 dues fonts a Nîmes. La primera, de 1987, s'instal·la a prop del mercat i s'inspira en un cocodril de la heràldica de Nîmes. En 1989, la segona, que es troba a la Place d'Assas, i erigeix dues fonts monumentals amb les estàtues de Nemausus i Nemausa, els fundadors de la ciutat de Nîmes.
La Place d'Assas, enigmàtica, ofereix als visitants una veritable experiència filosòfica. L'univers simbòlic i l'esoterisme estan constantment presents i el conjunt escultòric de Raysse, barrejant el sol i l'aigua, el vegetal i el mineral, és una proposta a un camí iniciàtic. A banda i banda de l'espai central rectangular, de llevant a ponent, dues fonts que són dos caps humanes barregen les seves aigües per formar una conca central circular a partir de la qual sorgeixen quatre columnes i dues estàtues hieràtiques. El cap femení cap a llevant representa a Nemausa, la deessa fundadora de Nîmes; l'altra, a ponent, Nemausus, el déu fundador de la ciutat. Al nord i al sud, diferents parapets i baranes estan gravats amb símbols, emblemes i enigmes del món alquímic, la francmaçoneria, el tarot o la bíblia. A la part inferior de la plaça, una piràmide de verdor i roques simula el Jardí de l'Edèn, però també la muntanya de la saviesa, el paradís de Mahoma...
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Petite maison à pan de bois du bourg médiéval d'Issigeac - ses larges encorbellements permettaient le passage des charettes.
Its obviously a hard life being a cat. Came across this absolutely crashed out in the morning sunshine down one of the alleys in Issigeac, France.
April 2014
Un petit coup de pub pour une chambre d'hôtes à Issigeac !
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Rue Grand Rue 24560 Issigeac
05 53 63 35 31
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Issigeac on market day, France
40 years in the building, the church of Saint- Felicien with its octagonal tower was completed in 1527.
Issigeac (French: [i.si.ʒak]) is a small medieval village that dates back to Roman times, located in the Périgord and is approximately 20 km (12 mi) southwest of Bergerac in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. It is a commune of the Dordogne department.
A village with roots in antiquity, today it is a quaint village with timbered houses circling the church and Bishop's Palace (17th century). The village is circular in plan with most buildings of medieval half-timbered style (most are original) and still retains much of its 13th-century walls. In 1438 it was pillaged by Rodrigo de Villandrando.
The village is set in the midst of wine country, close to the famous Chateau de Monbazillac and their famous sweet dessert wines. Many other wineries can be visited including Chateau Jaubertie.
Throughout the year the village hosts a number of festivals and events and has a thriving market on Sunday mornings, where many gastronomic delights are available as well as an exceptional selection of local wines, meats, fruit and vegetables brought directly to the market by their producers.