JM LAUGERY
The Dordogne River runs through Aquitaine in southwest France, a region known as the Périgord. It is famous for its cuisine, especially duck and goose dishes such as confits, pâté and foie gras, as well as truffles and walnuts. The wines are excellent value, too, and include red Bergerac and late harvest sweet white Monbazillac. Domme, which is often called the Akropolis des Périgord because of its high location above the river, was founded in 1281. A couple of decades later it became a prison for many of the Knights Templar — a record of which can be seen in their interesting graffiti. This region was also at the centre of the Hundred Years War and was alternately occupied by French and English rulers until the mid-15th century. All this makes it a fascinating town to stroll round, to see the fortifications, stone towers, caves beneath the main
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