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Périgord (UK: / ˈ p ɛr ɪ ɡ ɔːr / PERR-ig-or, US: / ˌ p ɛr ɪ ˈ ɡ ɔːr /- OR; [1] [2] French: [peʁiɡɔʁ] ⓘ; Occitan: Peiregòrd [pejɾeˈɣɔɾ(t)] or Perigòrd [peɾiˈɣɔɾ(t)]) is a natural region and former province of France, which corresponds roughly to the current Dordogne department, now forming the northern part of the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Elevations in the park start at 85 meters along the Nizonne river near La Rochebeaucourt-et-Argentine and reach 556 meters near Courbefy southeast of Bussière-Galant.Due to these differences in elevation the park possesses several different natural habitats like moors near Champagnac-la-Rivière, bocage, meadows near water courses and forests consisting of chestnut and oak.
The castle was built in the 12th century by the barons of Beynac (one of the four baronies of Périgord) to close the valley.The sheer cliff face being sufficient to discourage any assault from that side, the defences were built up on the plateau: double crenellated walls, double moats, one of which was a deepened natural ravine, double barbican.
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Richard was the son of Count Bernard of Périgord with his second wife Garsenda. [1]After his two half brothers Arnald I "Voratio" and William III "Talleyrand" had died within a short time of each other around 962, his brother Ralph "Bompar" succeeded to Périgord and Angoulême.
The western façade and the inner court. Exterior view. The Château de Montaigne is a castle mansion situated on the borders of Périgord and Bordelais, near Bergerac and Saint-Émilion, in the small commune of Saint-Michel-de-Montaigne in the Dordogne département of France.
Dordogne (UK: / d ɔːr ˈ d ɔɪ n / dor-DOYN, US: / d ɔːr ˈ d oʊ n / dor-DOHN or / d ɔːr ˈ d ɔː n j ə / dor-DAWN-yə; [3] [4] French: ⓘ; Occitan: Dordonha [duɾˈduɲɔ]) is a large rural department in south west France, with its prefecture in Périgueux.
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