Sunday, 11 December 2022

Départements de France: Dordogne

 


 

This is the next instalment of a bi-monthly feature going through the 95 Departments of France in numerical order to check out things of interest. I hope you enjoy it

 


Location – In the South West of France

 

Origin of name – Named after the river

 


Flag

 


Prefecture  – Périgueux

 



Signature foods – foie gras (I know), truffles, Bergerac wines, ceps mushrooms

 


Famous places to visit – Chateau de Beynac, Lascaux (but caves are now replicas), Sarlat-la-Canéda, Rocamadour, Domme

 

 

Go to this Pinboard to see the Departments of France

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