The typical breed of sheep that thrives on the chunky, calcareous plateaux of the Quercy is called Caussenarde. The sheep are very recognizable by the black rim around their eyes, as if they are wearing sunglasses all year round. While in times past they were...
The story of the strawberry as we know it begins in 1714. When finishing an assignment in Chile, the cartographer and navy officer François Amédée Frézier put a couple of wild strawberry plants in his luggage. Some experimenting in his garden in Brittany resulted in...
Testament to the fact walnuts were traditionally known and consumed here are the 17,000-year-old traces in the hiding places of the Cro-magnon. Starting from the Middle Ages, the region really developed into an important hub in the walnut trade. In 1830, there was an abrupt...
The melon of the Quercy is sweet, juicy and delicious for which the clay limestone of the Quercy offers fertile ground. The melon of the Quercy has a light green skin with clear, dark green stripes, and bright orange flesh. Only the producers who adhere...
This museum in Les Arques, dedicated to Ossip Zadkine, houses many monumental works of this Russian artist. Zadkine fell in love with this house in the Lot in 1934 and, besides living in Paris, spent much of his time there. Sculptures in stone and wood,...
The Lascaux cave, located in Montignac, is sometimes said to be the Sistine Chapel of prehistoric caves. For decades the original caves have been closed to the public, but an extremely meticulous reconstruction does not suggest that this is the case. Lascaux attracts visitors from...
The Gouffre de Padirac is a mysterious, 30 meter wide and 75 meter deep well which for centuries was a source of superstition and ghost stories. Now anyone who is willing can descend into the hole, either by stairs or by elevator, for spectacular boat...
The Pech-Merle cave is no less than 2 km long. Part of it contains original prehistoric drawings of bison, horses, mammoths, aurochs, deer and handprints. The most famous image is that of the dotted horse, an image that really burns itself into your memory. A...
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