Lauzerte

The name probably means 'hill of flat stones', and Lauzerte keeps watch from its height over the Quercy Blanc and the road from Cahors to Moissac. Founded at the end of the 12th century under the Count of Toulouse, the bastide is a regular stop for pilgrims on the Via Podiensis to Santiago. In its streets, merchants' houses still show the wide arched doorways that once served as shop windows.

Highlights

• Merchants' houses with arched shop doorways and overhanging half-timbered floors
• The 14th-century seneschal's court, built over a vaulted cellar
• The tale of Gandilhonne, who counted departing English soldiers with chestnuts
• Quercy melons and Chasselas de Moissac grapes from the surrounding farms (FR)
• A stage on the Via Podiensis pilgrim route to Santiago

Summary based on Wikipedia and Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA), written with AI assistance.