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Maison de la Boétie (
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) on place du Peyrou;
PHOTOGRAPHER: CRAIG PERSHOUSE
ÉGLISE STE-MARIE
A few steps south of place du Marché aux Oies is the Église Ste-Marie, ingeniously
converted by acclaimed architect Jean Nouvel, whose parents still live in Sarlat. Not
only does it now house Sarlat's mouthwatering
Marché Couvert
(covered market)
but also, by the time you read this, a
panoramic lift
(elevator) will have been in-
stalled by Nouvel in its belltower.
Architecture
HISTORIC QUARTER
Two medieval courtyards, the
Cour des Fontaines
and the
Cour des Chanoines
,
can be reached via an alleyway off rue Tourny.
Nearby is the
Jardin des Enfeus
, Sarlat's first cemetery, and the rocket-shaped
Lanterne des Morts
(Lantern of the Dead)
, built to honour a visit by St Bernard,
one of the founders of the Cistercian order, in 1147.
Architecture
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