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Cher pays de mon enfance
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(Charles Trenet)
A beautiful quaint French village, best time to visit when there are no events.
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Issigeac
Issigeac - a pitoresque 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 and shows 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 you like to visit.
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Richard Poppelaars
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This is the most important region of France outside of Paris (which really doesn't represent France). One of the annual tourist attractions is a "mediaeval itinerance" (is that an English word?). This is a mediaeval fair which does the rounds of some of the mediaeval towns and villages for a weekend each. In 2011 the season ended up at Issigeac. The central theme was mediaeval games, putting children at its heart.
Rather than show the architecture of this beautiful village southwest of Bergerac,this set concentrates on people - candid shots of men, women, girls, boys, and even babies.
A steaming hot cup of hot chocolate in a beautiful little cafe in the square at Issigeac, France.
April 2014
Melons
This is the most important region of France for tourism outside of Paris (which really doesn't represent France). One of the annual tourist attractions is a "mediaeval itinerance" (is that an English word?). This is a mediaeval fair which does the rounds of some of the mediaeval towns and villages for a weekend each. In 2011 the season ended up at Issigeac. The central theme was mediaeval games, putting children at its heart.
Rather than show the architecture of this beautiful village southwest of Bergerac,this set concentrates on people - candid shots of men, women, girls, boys, and even babies.
This is the most important region of France for tourism outside of Paris (which really doesn't represent France). One of the annual tourist attractions is a "mediaeval itinerance" (is that an English word?). This is a mediaeval fair which does the rounds of some of the mediaeval towns and villages for a weekend each. In 2011 the season ended up at Issigeac. The central theme was mediaeval games, putting children at its heart.
Rather than show the architecture of this beautiful village southwest of Bergerac,this set concentrates on people - candid shots of men, women, girls, boys, and even babies.
Ancient medieval architecture and many half timbered houses, most of them are original and well maintained.
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.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels in #Issigeac #France / #architecture #medieval
Issigeac, aux confins de la Dordogne et du Lot-et-Garonne, est une cité médiévale qui fait l’exception au milieu de toutes les bastides avoisinantes, fondées au XIIIe siècle.
Au cœur de son ancienne enceinte circulaire où les ruelles s’enroulent comme un escargot, on découvre un village de caractère où les ruelles, venelles ressuscitent le passé.
Un village avec beaucoup d’histoire.
Le village d’Issigeac est beaucoup plus ancien car il a succédé à une villa gallo-romaine (fin du IIIe et Ive siècles) puis à un monastère. L’abbé du monastère était le seigneur d’Issigeac possédant pouvoir spirituel et pouvoir temporel. Une assemblée de prud’hommes et un bailli représentaient les habitants du bourg.
Issigeac était un bourg à coutume. La coutume définissait les droits et les devoirs des habitants. C’était donc la loi. La coutume, d’abord orale, transcrite en 1298 sous l’abbé Barrière, est à la Bibliothèque Nationale dans les fonds Péri-gord.
En 1317 le pape créa l’évêché de Sarlat dont dépendait Issigeac. Les évêques de Sarlat sollicitèrent du pape la seigneurie d’Issigeac, qui leur fut accordée. Ce fut la disparition de l’abbaye.
Malgré ses importants remparts le bourg fut détruit, deux fois. Une première fois en 1300 par le Seigneur de Bergerac, Renaud de Pons. Une seconde fois en 1437 par les Soudards de Charles VII, commandés par Rodriguez de Villandrando.
L’église et le village seront reconstruits, et si les bases des maisons de pierre sont du XIIIe siècle les parties supérieures sont du XVe.
Legends tell, that Issigeac developed around a Benedictine monastery established by Saint Cybard. A convent dedicated to Saint Peter existed here indeed from the 7th century on.
Pope Eugene III mentioned the convent around 1053. In 1317 a bishopric was established in Sarlat, but first bishop claimed, that the revenues were not sufficient to meet the episcopal duties. So he asked Pope John XXII to add the deanery of Issigeac with all the income to the see of Sarlat. The Pope agreed.
In 1482 the Bishop of Sarlat chased the monks out of the monastery and established canons here. Around that time the reconstruction of the church started. During the Wars of Religion, the Protestants set fire and partially demolished the church, but the Bishop of Sarlat had it rebuilt.
Like most town in France, Issigeac has a market hall.
This is the most important region of France for tourism outside of Paris (which really doesn't represent France). One of the annual tourist attractions is a "mediaeval itinerance" (is that an English word?). This is a mediaeval fair which does the rounds of some of the mediaeval towns and villages for a weekend each. In 2011 the season ended up at Issigeac. The central theme was mediaeval games, putting children at its heart.
Rather than show the architecture of this beautiful village southwest of Bergerac,this set concentrates on people - candid shots of men, women, girls, boys, and even babies.