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Cahors is a town on the river Lot in the Occitanie region of southern France. It’s known for its deep-coloured red wine, elaborate municipal gardens and the Valentry Bridge, a medieval bridge with 3 towers.
Cahors at night near the river Lot (left)
And from the air (below)
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Valentry Bridge
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The bridge, built in the 14th century by local councillors, was for defence and for collecting tolls on river and road traffic. It is now a UNESCO world heritage site. With its three towers, it is unique in the world. It also has a vineyard near it and a modern railway line separating it from the rest of the modern town.
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Cathedrale St Étienne
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Cahors Cathedral was built in Gothic and Romanesque styles in the 12th century, with large domes and centuries-old frescoes. When we visited a service was going on, so we could not wander around, but the church was full.
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Old Town
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Cahors was originally called Divona or Divona Cadurcorum, Divona of the Cadurci. The Cadurci were a Celtic people of Gaul before the Roman conquest in the 50s BC. Divona was a fountain which the Cadurci worshipped, now called "la fontaine des Chartreux". The old town has many half-timbered houses and narrow alleyways.
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In the old streets near to the Cathedral is the sculpture, the Angel of Lazareth by Marc Petit (left)
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The more modern (19th century) town has various statues to famous men, a museum and beautifully layed out public gardens.
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The Lot, originally named the Olt, used by millers for grinding grain (above), rises in the Cevennes, flowing west through Quercy, before joining the Garonne near Aiguillon, a distance of some 485 kilometres. It gives its name to the departments of Lot and Lot-et-Garonne. It is a navigable river at Cahors (below). On its banks grows its famous Malbec wine (left).
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