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Montignac was the home of the nineteenth-century French writer Eugène Le Roy, who was a district tax collector and wrote two celebrated novels about rural life in eighteenth-century Périgord. There is a small museum in the town dedicated to him. [6] Montignac was the main area for the district between 1790 and 1795.
Château de Montignac - keep and remains of an 11th-13th century castle, listed since 1962 as a monument historique by the Ministry of Culture. [4] The bronze bell in the parish church of Notre-Dame weighs 200 kg and dates from 1666 and has been classified by the French Ministry of Culture as a monument historique since 1944. [5] It is engraved:
France: Region: Occitania: Department: ... Montignac (French ... Occitan: Montinhac) is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France. See also
Montignac (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃tiɲak]; Occitan: Montinhac) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Population [ edit ]
Montignac-Toupinerie (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃tiɲak tupinʁi]; Occitan: Montinhac e La Topinariá) is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in south-western France. See also [ edit ]
The village is located eight kilometers east of Montignac, both southwest of Terrasson-Lavilledieu and 19 kilometers north of Sarlat-la-Caneda, away from main roads. In the Middle Ages, Saint-Amand-de-Coly guarded the source of the Coly, until it fell.
Some of the above sites have small museums or displays showcasing some of the archaeological finds made there, e.g. at Castel Merle. The region also has three main visitor centres: the National Museum of Prehistory (in and around the Château de Tayac) and the International Pole of Prehistory in les Eyzies, and Lascaux IV in Montignac. [36] [37 ...
2 Places in France. 3 See also. Toggle the table of contents. ... Michel Montignac (1944–2010), French dietician, best known for his Montignac diet; Places in France