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Cromlech (megalithic dolmen) |
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“Lavalade”
comes from the walk (‘balade’) taken by the burghers of the
bastide town of Monpazier. The Romanesque, Catholic church was
built in two stages (the later building taking place in 1855).
The commune boasts a cromlech
(a megalithic dolmen) at ‘Peyregude’.
An interesting character lived in the village in 1900 – Dr
Laville who founded the first hospital in China, at Tien-Sing.
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Interior of the Church |
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Lavalade is
situated to the south of the Dordogne in the ‘Périgord Pourpre’,
in the canton of
Monpazier. The village is crossed by the departmental road 660
which links Beaumont and Villefranche du Périgord. The GR36
registered hiking trail skirts the village.
The commune has a surface area of 384 hectares and a population
of
107 (official population on January 1, 2012).
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