Saint-Cyprien was born around an abbey of regular canons of Saint-Augustin which would have been built on the tomb of a hermit called Cyprian.
The barbarian invasions forced the monks to surround themselves with ramparts of which the bell tower-dungeon remains a vestige.
The village, located near the Dordogne, did not want to see the bridge that linked it to the other bank of the river disappear when it was closed in 1992.
Indeed, this bridge has more than 120 years of good and loyal services to its credit at the place called Garrit, which means Oak in the language of Oc. It was witness of so many stories...
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