Tournon-d'Agenais

Philip III of France founded this bastide in 1271 on a hilltop above the valleys of the Boudouyssou and Camp Beau, on the edge of the Quercy Blanc. At its heart is the Place des Corniers, lined with stone houses over arcades, and the old town keeps a belfry with a lunar clock. The village also remembers 3 July 1944, when German troops sacked it in reprisal against the Resistance.

Highlights

• The belfry and its lunar clock
• Place des Corniers, the arcaded central square of the bastide
• The Abescat, a 13th-century bishop's house that became the parish church
• The church of Saint-André-de-Carabaysses, also called the Lamothe church
• The tour de ville, a walk round the old town

Text adapted from Wikipedia (Tournon-d'Agenais (FR), Tournon-d'Agenais (EN), Tournon-d'Agenais (IT)). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.