Périgord’s military past and great soldiers are remembered in this museum through a display of weapons, flags and uniforms.

The mutilated medieval médiévale stands in an old blacksmiths' street. The little belltower on the corner is a reminder of the building's former role as a convent.

A prettily restored street with a half-timbered house.

This round tower topped with a machicolated parapet dates from the late 15C when it was part of the fortifications that protected Le Puy-Saint-Front. From the top, there is a lovely view over the tiled roofs, the towers of the historic houses, the do..

Note the small loggia with decorative arches and diamond-shaped points at no4.

The Hôtel d’ Abzac de la Douze (no16) has a large arch welded to an octagonal tower and a corbelled turret. The Hôtel de Sallegourde at no 8 has a polygonal tower topped with a machicolated parapet walk.

This elliptical amphitheatre was built in the 1st C and was one of the largest of its kind in Gaul. Enormous blocks of stone show the sheer mass of the vomitoria, staircases and vaults, but all the lower part remains buried in the ground. Made into a..

This gateway is one of a few remaining traces of the elliptical surrounding wall built in the 3C, most of which was destroyed during the Wars of Religion. Its name comes from the role it is said to have played defending the town from the Vikings (“No..

The remains of this domus were discovered in 1959 during the construction of a building. It is a wonderful Gallo-Roman dwelling with rooms arranged around a square courtyard surrounded with a peristyle. It was once a hi-tech house with hypocaust he..

This building features a 12C keep on top of one of the rampart towers and has retained a beautiful main doorway and staircase tower from when it was remodelled in the Renaissance. It was burned down during the Wars of Religion and never rebuilt.

This 12C building stands next to the remains of a tower of the Gallo-Roman surrounding wall. An autel taurobolique (altarpiece depicting a bull sacrifice), now on display in the Musée du Périgord, was discovered there.

The 27m Tour de Vésone is the only remains of a temple dedicated to the tutelary goddess Vesunna. Built in the centre of the Cité forum in the 2C, this temple was surrounded by porticoes and stood between two basilicas. The tower remains imposing des..