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


 

An English Bastide     

 
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The commune
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   Discovery Photos  : click here      

Origins :
In 1284 Edward I of England founded the bastide of Fonroque strategically situated en route to Bergerac. Initially the bastide was a success but it slowly declined until by 1365 it counted no more than forty families.

What to See
Scarcely anything of the bastide remains, only the church square still exists to remind us of the characteristic rectangular town plan of the bastide.


 

   
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