Domme

Member of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France

GhezoartDomme 1 GhezoArt CC BY-SA 3.0
Benjamin SmithDomme - View from Esplanade de la Barre - 01 CC BY-SA 4.0
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Krzysztof GolikGrand Rue in Domme 04 CC BY-SA 4.0
Krzysztof GolikPorte des Tours in Domme 04 CC BY-SA 4.0
Krzysztof GolikChurch of Our Lady of the Assumption in Domme 13 CC BY-SA 4.0
Benjamin SmithDomme - Hôtel des Gouverneurs CC BY-SA 4.0
Benjamin SmithDomme - Porte del Bos CC BY-SA 4.0
Benjamin SmithDomme - Rue Paul Reclus CC BY-SA 4.0
Benjamin SmithDomme - View from Esplanade de la Barre - 04 CC BY-SA 4.0
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Philip the Bold founded Domme in 1281 as a royal bastide with the right to mint coins. The cliff it stands on rises more than a hundred metres above a great loop of the Dordogne, so its walls trace a trapezium instead of the usual grid. Knights Templar held prisoner here from 1307 left hundreds of graffiti, and in 1588 Protestants took the town by climbing the cliff at night.

Highlights

The Porte des Tours, flanked by two drum towers
Templar graffiti left by knights imprisoned from 1307
Views over the Cingle de Montfort meander of the Dordogne
Place de la Halle and the turreted Maison du Gouverneur
The GR 64 long-distance footpath across the commune

Text adapted from Wikipedia (Domme (FR), Domme, Dordogne, Domme (IT)), Wikivoyage (Domme). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Population: 906

Things to see

Events through the year

Air show Sport and games · A Sunday in July or August
Salon des peintres et plasticiens amateurs Music and arts · Three days in early OctoberShow of work by amateur painters and visual artists

Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.

Adapted from Wikipedia (Domme). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.