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

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Molières, an English bastide, was founded in 1284 by Jean de Grailly, Seneschal of England. It was never completed and do not experience the urban expansion of Monpazier. In 1316, Ghilem de Toulouse, Seneschal of Périgord for Edward II of England chose to make Molières his base and build a château there. However, this too was never finished.
The town suffered badly in the Hundred Years War and was rebuilt afterwards only to be destroyed again by the Wars of Religion.

     
  Molières is in the south-east of the ‘Périgord Pourpre’, very close to the ‘Périgord Noir’ in the canton of Le Buisson de Cadouin near Cadouin and St Avit Sénieur. It is reached by the D27, the VC 204 and the VC 213.
With a surface area of 2286 hectares, Molières counts a population of 295.
 


Text translated by Pays du Grand Bergeracois (professional translator).