Castle of Beynac
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- History of the castle
- Description of the castle
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It is undoubtedly
since the course of the Dordogne that the fortress appears most
impressive. Perched on an inaccessible rock piton that it seems
to prolong in the same vertical dash, it draws up its high silhouette
above the small commune Beynac-and-Cazenac. It defies since centuries
its rival planted on left bank of the river: the place of Castelnaud. |