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St Alvère in the Périgord :
the first truffle market
in France to have gone
on-line !
 


 
 

The site is situated near Sigoniac Ponds which means that walking and sightseeing can be neatly aligned. No time limit is imposed on the visit.

In a beautifully preserved natural environment, the Sigoniac site presents :
• The religious passage and a number of post-holes indicating the earlier presence of a door, roof, fortifications and the first dwelling on the chalk plateau.
• Presence of water outside, linking up to a spring.
 

     
   

• A series of three underground rooms which were, in a different era, used as a defence network (known as CLUZEAUX). One of these rooms has an acoustic difference indicating the presence of WATER, doubtless providing the ETYMOLOGY of the site’s name :
SIEG = HIGH - POWERFUL - VICTORY
ONA= EAU (WATER) (from an INDO-EUROPEAN root)

• The objects unearthed in the dig are displayed in an 8th-century room and provide a good overall picture of the site.

     
  Sigoniacis open all the year from 10h to 18h and on appointment out season. Closed Tuesday except during the school holidays.
Entrance price : 7€
Children under 14 and school parties : half-price.
Guided visit : maximum 6 persons