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Pont Valentré, Cahors
Cahors, Lot
A fortified 14th-century bridge with three tall towers, crossing the Lot River at Cahors, and one of the finest medieval bridges in France.
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Gourdon, Lot
A pilgrimage village that clings to a 150 m cliff above the Alzou canyon, with chapels and sanctuaries stacked one above the other.
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Saint-Cirq-Lapopie
Cahors, Lot
A medieval village clinging to a cliff 100 m above the Lot River, voted France's favourite village.
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Château de Castelnau-Bretenoux
Bretenoux, Lot
A huge castle of red stone on a hill above the Dordogne valley, one of the finest examples of medieval military architecture in France, built from th…
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Château de Montal
Saint-Céré, Lot
A Renaissance château built in the 1520s by Jeanne de Balzac for her son, who was killed in the Italian wars.