A secret place II

fr: Un Endroit Secret II, Castrum* de Belvès, Dordogne, Périgord, France

 

fake HDR from single RAW blending of different tone-mapping resutls - curves and levels adjustments

 

------

Because I have a nasty cold these days, I'll not able to comment as many pics as I usually do.

------

 

view On Black | More of the set Pittoresques Villages de France.

 

See my most interesting pictures here or take some time to view the slideshow .

 

If you wish to licence some of my pictures, contact me directly on flickr or browse through my pictures on www.alamy.com/stock-photography/9BF67CE6-8AFD-4001-89A9-A... Giral.html.

 

Histoire: Fortifiée au moyen âge en raison de sa position stratégique et surnommée "ville du Pape" sous la protection du pape Clément V, Belvès conserve les vestiges d'un passé tourmenté : remparts, tour de l'Auditeur, beffroi à cloche, tour de la Mairie, ancien clocher du couvent des Frères Prêcheurs, tour de l'Hôpital, château au donjon du XIIe siècle, hôtel à façade renaissance, ancienne maison des Consuls, halle aux bois et habitations troglodytiques. L'église Notre Dame de Montcuq est une ancienne prieurale bénédictine des XIIe et XIVe siècles. Source: Villages de France

 

History: It was fortified in the Middle Ages because of its strategic position and came to be known as the "Pope’s city" as it was under Clement V’s protection. Belvès bears witness to a tormented past: walls and the auditeur’s tower (11th c); the belfry (15th c) the city hall tower, the castle (14th/15th), the hotel with a Renaissance façade and troglodyte dwellings. Source: Come To France

 

* Castrum: Camp Fortifié / Fortified Camp

 

[ email | website | alamy | facebook | model mayhem | twitter ]

Done