Les Châteaux De Bruzac 6
The legend has it that the Périgord is the land of 1001 châteaux ... «The Good Lord wanted to sprinkle the king- dom of France with castles. So, he left with a heavy bag and, on the fl y, like wheat, he threw here and there whole handfuls of castles. He had already traveled through many pro- vinces but when fl ying over the Périgord, he pulled up his huge bag but he noticed that it had holes. Towers, curtain walls and turrets were falling down from the gaping holes. So, before fl ying back to Pa- radise to renew its supply of battlements and ma- chicolations, our Eternal Father shook his bag over the stony hillsides of the Dordogne, the Vézère, the Photo credit: Dronne and the Auvézère. F. TESSIER/OT PERIGORD Dronne Belle - Petite souris photogra- So much fell off it that no country on earth phie/Pays Périgord Vert - Dan Courtice - Jonathan Barbot Comité Départemental du Tourisme de la Dordogne – has more castles, mansions and estates.» Périgord Nontronnais Tourist Board - Les 2 Abbesses en vert – Wild- life park - Jean-Yves le Dorlot – Owners of the participating estates and castles. Conception/lay-out : Mathieu PEYPELUT Jean Secret, Le Périgord, châteaux, Communications offi cer manoirs et gentilhommières, Tallandier 1966 Communauté de Communes Dronne et Belle The legend has it that the Périgord is the land of 1001 châteaux ... «The Good Lord wanted to sprinkle the king- dom of France with castles. So, he left with a heavy bag and, on the fl y, like wheat, he threw here and there whole handfuls of castles.
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