- Saint-Amand-de-Coly
Saint-Amand-de-Coly is a commune in the
Dordogne department inAquitaine in southwesternFrance .It has been designated one of
Les Plus Beaux Villages de France ("The most beautiful villages of France").Geography
Saint-Amand-de-Coly is located 9 km east of Montignac.
ights
Saint-Amand-de-Coly features a fortified Romanesque church. Despite its bristling military architecture, the 12th-century church combines great delicacy and spirituality, with purity of line and simple decoration most evocative in the low sun of late afternoon or early evening. Its defences include walls that are 4m thick, a ditch runs all the way around, and a passage once skirted the eaves, with numerous positions for archers. Blind stairways are designed to mislead attackers. There is also an interesting atelier that makes classic French copper cookware.
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Communes of the Dordogne department References
"Based on the article in the French Wikipedia."
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