Castling Saint-Christophe

The Roque Saint-Christophe is a cliff Calcaire long one kilometer and high eighty meters. It is located close to the city of the Eyzies-with-Tayac-Sireuil in the department of the the Dordogne (France).

With the wire of time, many shelters under-rock and long terraces were dug on five levels by the river and freezing. These natural cavities will be used as shelters troglodytic S to the men of the Préhistoire as of the 55 {{E}} thousand-year-old front J. - C. then forts and cities of the Moyen-âge until the Renaissance, in particular against, the raids Viking S or during the Guerre One hundred Year old. The dwellings, being used as refuge with the Huguenots, were destroyed during the wars of religion in 1588.

Castling Saint-Christophe is classified with the World heritage UNESCO

Geography

Located on the commune of Peyzac-le-Moustier in the middle of the valley of the Vézère, in the Dordogne between Les_Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil and Montignac.

External bonds

Castling Saint-Christophe, extremely and quoted troglodytic

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