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Cahors

Home to a Prime Minister, a Pope and the Devil

Cahors

The ancient city of Cahors (pronounced Caor) can be found on a meander of the river Lot in the Bas Quercy and is famous for the so-called Black Wine produced in the Lot Valley.

Black Wine

The Black Wine of Cahors

Through the centre runs the Boulevard Gambetta, named after perhaps its most well known citizen Léon Gambetta the former Prime Minister, with its plane trees giving such vital shade during the heat of summer in this archetypal southern French town. Its other famous son is Jacques Duèze, better known as Pope Jean XXII, the second Avignon Pope.

Léon Gambetta

Statue of Léon Gambetta

There are many fine buildings to see in Cahors including the splendid domed Cathedral and other medieval structures but the most spectacular of all is the magnificent Pont Valentré, sometimes called the Devil’s Bridge, over the Lot on the west side of town.

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Midi-Pyrénées

Quercy

Text © Paul Shawcross

Images by Paul Shawcross