Loubressac

From its rocky prow above the Bave, the fortified village of Loubressac looks across the Dordogne valley to the Château de Castelnau-Bretenoux. You enter through a fortified gate among houses built along the line of the ramparts, and the castle was restored in the early 1900s by the playwright Henri Lavedan. In 1961 Sylvia Plath stayed in the commune and wrote 'Stars over the Dordogne'.

Highlights

• View from the château park over the Dordogne valley to Castelnau-Bretenoux
• Pont de Maday, a three-arched bridge on the pilgrim road to Rocamadour
• Dolmens around the commune, including the Dolmen d'Horaste
• Church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste, a listed monument since 1971
• Site of Operation Cadillac, a huge 1944 weapons drop for the Resistance

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