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October 3rd, 2011
Domme 240152 24250
Dordogne Aquitaine
44.799 1.213 160 m

La Place de la Rode, Domme

One view. Grand Rue.
Another view. Place de la Rode.

The "Place de la Rode", the Rode square, in Domme, on which stood in medieval time, fairs, markets, and tortures.

The "Place de la Rode", at the junction of Grand Rue street and the "Porte de la Combe" street, down to the Porte de la Combe, one of the four gates which are always the entrances to the village of Domme, with the "Porte Delbos", the "Porte Basse", lower gate, and the "Porte des Tours" is the largest, the towers gate .

The village of Domme in Périgord Noir is one bastide, established in 1281 by king of France Philippe le Hardi, on 1245-1285, which dominates the valley of the DORDOGNE, 250 meters in height.

_ The DORDOGNE is formed in its origin, of brooks taking their spring up to 1694 meters in height, on the sides of the Puy de Sancy in the Massif Central. After a course of 483 kilometers, and the crossing of a catchment basin of 23870 km², it flows in the Garonne, at the bec d'Ambès in the estuary of Gironde, before joining the Atlantic Ocean. Description of the la Dordogne.

The status of the Dordogne made sometimes discusses, between that of an tributary river of the Garonne, or that of a river flowing into the Atlantic Ocean, by the estuary of the Gironde.

DOMME is a french municipality, located in the department of the Dordogne of the Aquitaine region, populated 989 Dommois in 2009, distributed out of 24,9 km², that is to say 39,7 hab./km².

Domme is one of the Most Beautiful Villages of France .

The historical heritage of Domme.

The village of Domme, in the Périgord Noir, is crossed by the Dordogne.

My images of Domme.
My images of the Dordogne Valley.

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