ROCAMADOUR
ROCAMADOUR , Lot – Point of interest
About
Rocamadour, a medieval city attached to its cliff, with the splendour of stone illuminated by the lights of the setting sun: it’s an image, etched in eternity, that will remain in your memory. This extraordinary village will take you to another time, a time when people came from afar to worship the Black Virgin.
Head for the Lot, more precisely the Regional Nature Park of the Causses de Quercy. Here you are near the Dordogne valley, also near to the celebrated Padirac chasm. A surprise awaits you on a bend in the road. Suddenly, Rocamadour appears.
The city is built in successive stages on the side of the cliff. It looks upon a canyon where the Alzou river flows. Its houses, its roofs and its churches seem to be part of the rock that falls from the Gramat causse (causse: in South West France, a limestone plateau that extends between two valleys).
Which genius imagined and constructed Rocamadour? Your visit might perhaps tell you. Already, in the middle ages, Rocamadour aroused admiration. In the 12th century, pilgrims crossed the whole of Europe to come here to pray as the village contained the remains of Saint-Amadour. It was also the revered sanctuary of the Black Virgin.
Then we come to a monumental stairway with 233 steps! It rises to the heart of Rocamadour: a square where there are 8 churches and chapels squeezed up like ancient shelters under the rock. Be sure to visit the Notre-Dame chapel. There you will find the Black Virgin, a small silhouette in black wood, fragile, almost childlike, and yet which emanates an astonishing spiritual force.
All around is the Causses du Quercy Regional Nature Park. A vast territory there to be explored, between paths lined with low walls, woods with small oaks and chasms, small Quercy villages and delightful meetings with the inhabitants.
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En car : A moins de 10 mn à pied de l’arrêt ROCAMADOUR – Ascenseur Château !
Cet arrêt est situé sur les lignes : FIGEAC – ROCAMADOUR – PADIRAC
SOUILLAC – ROCAMADOUR – BIARS-SUR-CERE
Environ 6 min (526 m).
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