Penne-d'Agenais

Its name comes from a Celtic word for a crest, and Penne-d'Agenais does sit on a rocky spur 120 metres above the Lot, with its old river port at the foot. Richard the Lionheart fortified the castle, and the town changed hands through the Albigensian Crusade, the Hundred Years' War and the Wars of Religion. A revival begun in 1979 set out to bring contemporary art into the old streets.

Highlights

• Views over the Lot valley from the medieval town's spur
• Port de Penne, the old river harbour on the Lot
• Notre-Dame de Peyragude, rebuilt after a plague vow, with an annual 15 August procession
• The station memorial to the 1944 deportation of Eysses prisoners
• A stage on the Via Arvernha pilgrim route to Compostela

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