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Boucle des Cygnes Noirs

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Chateau de Beynac
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Boucle des Cygnes Noirs

Description

At the foot of its imposing castle which watches over the Dordogne, Beynac and Cazenac adds to the beauty of its site the pleasures of water and the gastronomy of the Périgord. In the Middle Ages, the defensive site of Beynac became the seat of one of the four baronies of the Périgord. Besieged by Richard the Lionheart and then dismantled by Simon de Montfort, the castle was rebuilt during the Hundred Years' War, taken and recaptured by the armies of England and France, before being restored during the Revolution. The imposing castral complex overlooks the roofs of the village and its blonde facades. Developed between rivers and cliffs, sheltered by an enclosure, Beynac has long lived on the traffic on the Dordogne. Used today for walks along the water, the barges share the river with boats and canoes. On the plateau overlooking the valley, the chapel of Cazenac is moving in its simplici

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Difficulty
Medium
Dist.
2.7 km
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Starting point

Le bourg , 24220   BEYNAC-ET-CAZENAC
Lat : 44.8407065Lng : 1.14204947

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Contact

Fixed telephone : +33 5 53 31 45 45
Office de Tourisme Sarlat-Périgord noir
e-mail : info@sarlat-tourisme.com
Office de Tourisme Sarlat-Périgord noir

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Typologie de l'itinéraire

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Accessible aux personnes à mobilité réduite

Non

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Cultural

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Image Dordogne
proposed by Dordogne
24000 France

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