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©Titia Carrizey-Jasick
©Bertrand Rieger
©Bertrand Rieger
©Bertrand Rieger
From the Port to the Fortifications
The entire walled town is included on the French Heritage Monuments list…
and it deserves to be! Past the Port Gate
A
, and the handsome XVth century
exterior of the Ancre du Salut
(safe anchor)
bar and restaurant, admire the
impressive parade of historic buildings: The former Couvent des Récollets,
the craft workers shops and finally the Maison du Porche which marks the
boundary between the upper and lower village. Certain houses have lost
none of their medieval character; further up above the Récluzou Gate
(XVth and XVIth) the House known as the House of Justice leads to the
Sainte-Catherine church
(above)
and shrine of the Black Virgin, Patron of
boatmen since the XVIIth century.
The Porte de
Récluzou is one of
the four gates of
Limeuil’s fortified
enclosure rebuilt
after the Hundred
Years War. It marked
the boundary
between town and
country.
In the “upper village” in the shade of a
century-old wisteria on the terrace, the
restaurant “Au Bon Accueil”
C
(oppo-
site)
, serves house specialities such as
snails with ceps or pork fricassee with
Limeuil beer sauce. At another terrace,
by thewaterside, À l’Ancre du Salut”
A
,
savour grills and salads and relax as you
watch the meeting of the two rivers.
WarmWelcome
Rue du Port
D31
D31
B
C
D
F
A
E
D51
Dordogne River
Vézère River
50m
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