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Place de Cornieres - medieval centre (est.+/-1250). A very nice square surrounded by medieval buildings with little shops and restaurants - Monpazier/FR
Church Église Saint-André (Est.1250) ceiling. Church with some fortified walls and a small tower. Some elements of this church have been added through the centuries. Most special is that it looks like time is standing still here.
Photo July 2017, Église Saint-André (1250) after 767 years in time.
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Monflanquin - Église Saint-André
Monflanquin - a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in south-western France. Built in 1256 as a military bastide town on a strategic north-south route. The village is a member of the Les Plus Beaux Villages de France ("The most beautiful villages of France") association.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monflanquin.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels / #interior #ÉgliseSaint-André #monument #church in #Monflanquin #France
Randonnée pédestre , Km 13 D+ 380 m
Une balade pour aller visiter l'un des "plus beaux villages de France" , Heureusement qu'il y avait une belle marche avec de superbes paysages, parce-que la Chartreuse, ça ne vaut pas un déplacement spécifique ....
Historical silent streets. It's a very nice walk in this old French village with many silent streets, some houses are very old and mostly stiil inhabited. The streets breath so much of history, some decennia, most of all some ages in time.
Photo July 2017, Monflanquin (1256) after 761 years in time.
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Monflanquin - Architecture
Monflanquin - a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in south-western France. Built in 1256 as a military bastide town on a strategic north-south route. The village is a member of the Les Plus Beaux Villages de France ("The most beautiful villages of France") association.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monflanquin.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels / #history #street #facade #Architecture in #Monflanquin #France
One of the very nice restaurants in Monpazier. The menu attracts many local residents, a good sign for a very set of meals in local recipies.
Photo: A Bastide Menu - by Richard Poppelaars © #AboutPixels #Photography (Apple iPhone 11 Pro) / #facade - #urban #restaurant #LaBastide / #Culinair at #RestaurantDeLaBastide in #Monpazier, #Dordogne - #France
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Monpazier: Culinair
The small village Monpazier, a 13th-century bastide town, founded in 1285 and built by King Edward I of England for trade, commerce and justice. It almost didn't change in the past centuries, a medieval town square lined with an arched arcade, a 16th-century covered market, three of the original six rampared city gates remain and many other traces of medieval history. This picturesque small village is one of the "Les Plus Beaux Villages de France" villages, said to be one of the most atractive in southwest France.
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Everyone chooses a place to live, a place that suits the resident. In architecture, it is valuable for each residential location to have the opportunity to give it its own unique identity. The variety of facades with doors, windows, balconies, gardens and more gives every house its own appearance. Together this forms a map of the community that is recognizable to everyone.
In modern architecture with sleek, especially repetitive housings, everyone seems equal. But the community then loses color, the unique character of the residents is then almost invisible. Residents express this indoors, which is rarely visible to everyone. It creates a multitude of closedness in a place where we should be able to live together happily and healthily.
Photo: Diversity in architecture - key to healthy communities - by Richard Poppelaars © #AboutPixels #Photography (Nikon D7200) / #facade - #urban #LPBVF #architecture / #UrbanPhotography at #Bastide in #Monpazier, #Dordogne - #France
July 2017, Monpazier (Est. 1285) after 732 years in history. The year 2035 marks 750 years in the timeline of its history.
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Monpazier: Urban Photography
The small village Monpazier, a 13th-century bastide town, founded in 1285 and built by King Edward I of England for trade, commerce and justice. It almost didn't change in the past centuries, a medieval town square lined with an arched arcade, a 16th-century covered market, three of the original six rampared city gates remain and many other traces of medieval history. This picturesque small village is one of the "Les Plus Beaux Villages de France" villages, said to be one of the most atractive in southwest France.
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Inviting French bistro terrace. The terraces are inviting, enough shade during the warm summer to enjoy a nice drink or a meal...
Photo July 2017, Monflanquin (1256) after 761 years in time.
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Monflanquin - Restaurant La Bastide
Monflanquin - a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in south-western France. Built in 1256 as a military bastide town on a strategic north-south route. The village is a member of the Les Plus Beaux Villages de France ("The most beautiful villages of France") association.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monflanquin.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels / #restaurant #terrace #RestaurantLaBastide #arcade in #Monflanquin #France
Cave a Vins and Produit Regionaux, shops that sell local produced products.There's enough reason for the French to be proud of their products, some are world famous. That makes it always nice to walk in the various streets of any village. In this village without the many tourists, but still busy just enough.
Photo: Taste France with the Produit Regionaux - by Richard Poppelaars © #AboutPixels #Photography (Nikon D7200) / #wandering - #urban #LPBVF #shop / #Shopping at #Centre in #Monpazier, #Dordogne - #France
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Monpazier: Shopping
The small village Monpazier, a 13th-century bastide town, founded in 1285 and built by King Edward I of England for trade, commerce and justice. It almost didn't change in the past centuries, a medieval town square lined with an arched arcade, a 16th-century covered market, three of the original six rampared city gates remain and many other traces of medieval history. This picturesque small village is one of the "Les Plus Beaux Villages de France" villages, said to be one of the most atractive in southwest France.
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Medieval city gate at he village remparts, it's one of the three gates part of this bastion. In history there used to be six of these gates.
Photo: Medieval city gate and remparts - by Richard Poppelaars © #AboutPixels #Photography (Apple iPhone 11 Pro) / #ramparts #gate - #urban #LPBVF #architecture / #UrbanPhotography at #Remparts in #Monpazier, #Dordogne - #France
July 2023, Monpazier (Est. 1285) after 738 years in history. The year 2035 marks 750 years in the timeline of its history.
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Monpazier: Urban Photography
The small village Monpazier, a 13th-century bastide town, founded in 1285 and built by King Edward I of England for trade, commerce and justice. It almost didn't change in the past centuries, a medieval town square lined with an arched arcade, a 16th-century covered market, three of the original six rampared city gates remain and many other traces of medieval history. This picturesque small village is one of the "Les Plus Beaux Villages de France" villages, said to be one of the most atractive in southwest France.
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The Savonnerie "Saponaire" shop, decorated with old furniture and ofcourse a wide variety of hand produced healthy shapes, kinds and forms of soap.
Photo: Elegant decorated French soap shop - by © Richard Poppelaars #About_Pixels #Photography (Nikon D7200) / #shop #savon #soap - #urban / #Shopping at #SavonnerieSaponaire in #Monflanquin, #LotetGaronne - #France
Savonnerie Saponaire (since 2006), photo July 2017 after 11 years.
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Monflanquin: Shopping
Monflanquin, a very nice small village in the Lot-et-Garonne department in south-western France. Built in 1256 as a military bastide town on a strategic north-south route. The village is a member of the Les Plus Beaux Villages de France ("The most beautiful villages of France") association.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monflanquin.
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Promenade en aller-retour au fil d'un sentier découverte (la balade est rythmée par les panneaux didactiques sur la faune et, principalement, la flore du territoire) dont le point de retour de cette petite rando très abordable, le belvédère de Tréguier, vous offrira un superbe point de vue sur le lac de Sainte-Croix et sur le canyon du Val d'Angouire (un petit affluent du Verdon).
Eglise St.Dominique (Est. 1300). Part of this village builld in order of the King of England by Pierre de Gontaut, Lord Baron Biron - Monpazier/FR
Place de Cornieres - medieval centre (est.+/-1250). A very nice square surrounded by medieval buildings with little shops and restaurants - Monpazier/FR
The hatshop "Two Cats" is one of the nice little shops in this old medieval town, most of the shops are a beauty to see, filled with all sorts of goods and some with souvenirs.
Photo: Hatshop at the Place de Cornieres - by Richard Poppelaars © #AboutPixels #Photography (Nikon D7200) / #arcade #hatshop - #urban #LPBVF #shop / #Shopping at #TwoCats in #Monpazier, #Dordogne - #France
July 2017, Monpazier (Est. 1285) after 732 years in history. The year 2035 marks 750 years in the timeline of its history.
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Monpazier: Shopping
The small village Monpazier, a 13th-century bastide town, founded in 1285 and built by King Edward I of England for trade, commerce and justice. It almost didn't change in the past centuries, a medieval town square lined with an arched arcade, a 16th-century covered market, three of the original six rampared city gates remain and many other traces of medieval history. This picturesque small village is one of the "Les Plus Beaux Villages de France" villages, said to be one of the most atractive in southwest France.
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Small passages lead to the narrow medieval alleys in the village of Monpazier. In history it's where they used to trade live stock like pigs, sheep, ducks, cows and chickens. Nowadays only historie remains, still a nice alley to discover.
Photo: Narrow medieval stock market alley - by Richard Poppelaars © #AboutPixels #Photography (Nikon D90) / #passage #alley #stockmarket - #urban #LPBVF #architecture / #UrbanPhotography at #Bastide in #Monpazier, #Dordogne - #France
July 2015, Monpazier (Est. 1285) after 730 years in history. The year 2035 marks 750 years in the timeline of its history.
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Monpazier: Urban Photography
The small village Monpazier, a 13th-century bastide town, founded in 1285 and built by King Edward I of England for trade, commerce and justice. It almost didn't change in the past centuries, a medieval town square lined with an arched arcade, a 16th-century covered market, three of the original six rampared city gates remain and many other traces of medieval history. This picturesque small village is one of the "Les Plus Beaux Villages de France" villages, said to be one of the most atractive in southwest France.
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Many huge plants to see in the botanical garden.
Photo: Walking in a tropical garden - by © Richard Poppelaars #About_Pixels #Photography (Nikon D7200) / #tropical #plant - #garden #botanicalgarden #arboretum / #NaturePhotography at #BambousaiedelaRoqueGageac in #LaRoqueGageac, #Dordogne - #France
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La Roque-Gageac: Nature Photography
This village is one of the most famous villages in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France. La Roque-Gageac, perched above the Dordogne river, below a huge limestone cliff since the 12th century. The village is a member of the "Les Plus Beaux Villages de France" association, indeed one of the most beautiful villages of France.
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City townhall and garden. A garden with a very nice view along the river banks. The garden is being maintained by a group of volunteers.
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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 #Townhall #LPBVF in #Limeuil #France
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Eglise St.Dominique (Est. 1300), statue. Part of this village builld in order of the King of England by Pierre de Gontaut, Lord Baron Biron - Monpazier/FR
Place de Cornieres - medieval centre (est.+/-1250). A very nice square surrounded by medieval buildings with little shops and restaurants - Monpazier/FR
One of the very nice restaurants in Monpazier. The menu attracts many local residents, a good sign for a very set of meals in local recipies.
Photo: A Bastide Menu - by Richard Poppelaars © #AboutPixels #Photography (Nikon D90) / #wandering - #urban #restaurant #LaBastide / #Culinair at #RestaurantDeLaBastide in #Monpazier, #Dordogne - #France
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Monpazier: Culinair
The small village Monpazier, a 13th-century bastide town, founded in 1285 and built by King Edward I of England for trade, commerce and justice. It almost didn't change in the past centuries, a medieval town square lined with an arched arcade, a 16th-century covered market, three of the original six rampared city gates remain and many other traces of medieval history. This picturesque small village is one of the "Les Plus Beaux Villages de France" villages, said to be one of the most atractive in southwest France.
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Alomost at the botanical garden, Bambousaie de la Roque-Gageac. It's a very nice area to walk. A more authentic area with lots of ancient houses just below the huge limestone rockformation above. Along the way some nice panoramas of the Dordogne river below. At the end of this road you'll find a very nice botanical garden, "Bambousaie de la Roque-Gageac", with lots of huge tropical plants like banana- and palm trees and a impressive bamboo forrest. Absolutely a good reason to visit this very nice French village.
Photo: Exuberantly green ancient upper town - by © Richard Poppelaars #About_Pixels #Photography (Nikon D90) / #alley #plants #flowers - #garden #botanicalgarden #arboretum / #NaturePhotography at #BambousaiedelaRoqueGageac in #LaRoqueGageac, #Dordogne - #France
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La Roque-Gageac: Nature Photography
The stunning Bambousaie de la Roque-Gageac botanical garden is found at the end of a lovely walk in the upper part of the village. This is a charming, more authentic area, perfect for a peaceful stroll among numerous ancient houses nestled right beneath the massive limestone cliffs.
As you walk, you'll be treated to beautiful panoramic views of the Dordogne River below. When you reach the end of the path, you can enter the impressive botanical garden, which is home to a variety of huge tropical plants, including banana and palm trees, and features a captivating bamboo forest.
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Medieval gate - this little village, founded around 1250, time has changed just a little (Monpazier/FR)
Everyone chooses a place to live, a place that suits the resident. In architecture, it is valuable for each residential location to have the opportunity to give it its own unique identity. The variety of facades with doors, windows, balconies, gardens and more gives every house its own appearance. Together this forms a map of the community that is recognizable to everyone.
In modern architecture with sleek, especially repetitive housings, everyone seems equal. But the community then loses color, the unique character of the residents is then almost invisible. Residents express this indoors, which is rarely visible to everyone. It creates a multitude of closedness in a place where we should be able to live together happily and healthily.
Photo: Diversity in architecture - key to healthy communities - by Richard Poppelaars © #AboutPixels #Photography (Nikon D7200) / #facade #shutters - #urban #LPBVF #architecture / #UrbanPhotography at #PlacedeCornieres in #Monpazier, #Dordogne - #France
July 2017, Monpazier () after 732 years in history.
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Monpazier: Urban Photography
The small village Monpazier, a 13th-century bastide town, founded in 1285 and built by King Edward I of England for trade, commerce and justice. It almost didn't change in the past centuries, a medieval town square lined with an arched arcade, a 16th-century covered market, three of the original six rampared city gates remain and many other traces of medieval history. This picturesque small village is one of the "Les Plus Beaux Villages de France" villages, said to be one of the most atractive in southwest France.
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The hatshop "Two Cats" is one of the nice little shops in this old medieval town, most of the shops are a beauty to see, filled with all sorts of goods and some with souvenirs.
Photo: Hatshop at the Place de Cornieres - by Richard Poppelaars © #AboutPixels #Photography (Apple iPhone 11 Pro) / #arcade #hatshop - #urban #LPBVF #shop / #Shopping at #TwoCats in #Monpazier, #Dordogne - #France
July 2022, Monpazier (Est. 1285) after 737 years in history. The year 2035 marks 750 years in the timeline of its history.
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Monpazier: Shopping
The small village Monpazier, a 13th-century bastide town, founded in 1285 and built by King Edward I of England for trade, commerce and justice. It almost didn't change in the past centuries, a medieval town square lined with an arched arcade, a 16th-century covered market, three of the original six rampared city gates remain and many other traces of medieval history. This picturesque small village is one of the "Les Plus Beaux Villages de France" villages, said to be one of the most atractive in southwest France.
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The French flag is a clear sign, it must be the village town hall. A simple building but adequate for this kind of village.
Photo: Marie - Town hall - by Richard Poppelaars © #AboutPixels #Photography (Nikon D90) / #Marie #townhall - #urban #LPBVF #architecture / #UrbanPhotography at #Bastide in #Monpazier, #Dordogne - #France
July 2015, Monpazier (Est. 1285) after 730 years in history. The year 2035 marks 750 years in the timeline of its history.
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Monpazier: Urban Photography
The small village Monpazier, a 13th-century bastide town, founded in 1285 and built by King Edward I of England for trade, commerce and justice. It almost didn't change in the past centuries, a medieval town square lined with an arched arcade, a 16th-century covered market, three of the original six rampared city gates remain and many other traces of medieval history. This picturesque small village is one of the "Les Plus Beaux Villages de France" villages, said to be one of the most atractive in southwest France.
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Promenade en aller-retour au fil d'un sentier découverte (la balade est rythmée par les panneaux didactiques sur la faune et, principalement, la flore du territoire) dont le point de retour de cette petite rando très abordable, le belvédère de Tréguier, vous offrira un superbe point de vue sur le lac de Sainte-Croix et sur le canyon du Val d'Angouire (un petit affluent du Verdon).
An excellent walk is the more historical upper town of La Roque-Gageac. A great viewpoint to see the river Dordogne and to find ancient buildings like this one, named Le Manoir de Tarde. A small tower and house overgrown like in a fairytale.
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La Roque-Gageac - Architecture
La Roque-Gageac - a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France. Perched above the Dordogne river, below a huge cliff. The village is a member of the "Les Plus Beaux Villages de France", the most beautiful villages of France, association.
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Richard Poppelaars
About Pixels Photography: #LPBVF #architecture #history #LaRoqueGageac #FR
Always nice to add our light, also in the Eglise St.Dominique (Est. 1300), light of candles have been burning here for more than 700 years.
Photo: Time to light a candle - by Richard Poppelaars © #AboutPixels #Photography (Nikon D90) / #stainedglass #candle - #church #interior at #EgliseStDominique in #Monpazier, #Dordogne - #France
July 2015, Eglise St.Dominique (Est. 1300) after 715 years in history. The year 2050 marks 750 years in the timeline of its history.
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Monpazier:
The small village Monpazier, a 13th-century bastide town, founded in 1285 and built by King Edward I of England for trade, commerce and justice. It almost didn't change in the past centuries, a medieval town square lined with an arched arcade, a 16th-century covered market, three of the original six rampared city gates remain and many other traces of medieval history. This picturesque small village is one of the "Les Plus Beaux Villages de France" villages, said to be one of the most atractive in southwest France.
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Flowers add color to historical streets. Historical silent streets, some houses are very old and mostly stiil inhabited. The streets breath so much of history, some years, some ages.
Photo July 2017, Monflanquin (1256) after 761 years in time.
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Monflanquin - Architecture
Monflanquin - a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in south-western France. Built in 1256 as a military bastide town on a strategic north-south route. The village is a member of the Les Plus Beaux Villages de France ("The most beautiful villages of France") association.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monflanquin.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels / #flower #Architecture in #Monflanquin #France
Old streets, small shops - always nice to visit this village. Not lots of tourists to see, still busy enough - Monpazier/FR
A few chairs and a table. Worn out but every year still there. It's a common view in many French villages, people are used to take a seat outside in many months of the year.
It's one of those excellent places to sit and enjoy this medieval town. It looks a bit worn out but that's because of frequent use, a French custom. Imagine, just add a nice French coffee, a crispy Croissant and the local newspaper. It's one of those many healthy moments of peace in the outdoors.
Over the years, not much has really changed in this corner, at most the grape stump with fresh green leaves in early spring and to see how the grape bunches mature during the summer and autumn. Who wouldn't want to have their own terrace like this, and the time and opportunity to use it almost the whole year round.
Photo: Watching the seasons go by - by Richard Poppelaars © #AboutPixels #Photography (Apple iPhone 11 Pro) / #terrace #outdoors - #urban #weather #climate / #UrbanPhotography at #MedievalCenter in #Monpazier, #Dordogne - #France
July 2023, Monpazier (Est. 1285) after 738 years in history. The year 2035 marks 750 years in the timeline of its history.
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Monpazier: Urban Photography
The small village Monpazier, a 13th-century bastide town, founded in 1285 and built by King Edward I of England for trade, commerce and justice. It almost didn't change in the past centuries, a medieval town square lined with an arched arcade, a 16th-century covered market, three of the original six rampared city gates remain and many other traces of medieval history. This picturesque small village is one of the "Les Plus Beaux Villages de France" villages, said to be one of the most atractive in southwest France.
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The various bushes with roses color the village, there are no real gardens, but in the small openings in the paving they grow well and lushly.
Photo: Village roses - by Richard Poppelaars © #AboutPixels #Photography (Apple iPhone 11 Pro) / #facade #rose - #urban #LPBVF #architecture / #UrbanPhotography at #Bastide in #Monpazier, #Dordogne - #France
July 2023, Monpazier (Est. 1285) after 738 years in time. In the year 2035 it's 750 years since.
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Monpazier: Urban Photography
The small village Monpazier, a 13th-century bastide town, founded in 1285 and built by King Edward I of England for trade, commerce and justice. It almost didn't change in the past centuries, a medieval town square lined with an arched arcade, a 16th-century covered market, three of the original six rampared city gates remain and many other traces of medieval history. This picturesque small village is one of the "Les Plus Beaux Villages de France" villages, said to be one of the most atractive in southwest France.
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