Lamonzie-Montastruc

Lamonzie-Montastruc is a common French, located in the department of the the Dordogne and the area Aquitaine.

Geography

Located in Périgord at 13 km of Bergerac, Lamonzie-Montastruc is a classified village surrounded by a bosky bower.

Étymologiquement, Lamonzie draws its name from a convent of monks called in term vulgar " country monges ". One found, by making excavations in a garden, foundations which one claims to be those of the old convent.

The village preserved an authentic character surrounded by a wooded vegetation which gives him a more wild aspect.

Local festival: August 15th. Rooms of hosts to the farm.

History

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

  • acheuléenne Presence and moustérienne.

  • Castle of Bellegarde, 14th century 20th century, carries medieval and Renaissance house, restored 19th.

  • Castle of Montastruc, 13th century 15th century 18th century, classified, is located 200 meters at the north of the village which was at the 14th century one of the strongholds of the family of Abzac of the Twelve. Shaved in 1438, the castle was rebuilt in 1471 with the help of the tender of the widow of Bertrand d' Abzac to the royal authority. Currently private, the castle of Montastruc is an interesting building.

  • Romance Church (IMH) except modern bell-tower (rebuilt): porche* 12th with curves; cupola with transept crossing.

Inside the church on the ground to lie a keystone in the shape of cross templière (?) perhaps the old keystone before the rebuilding of the bell-tower in first half of the 20th century (?)

  • Neolithic Layer of Lestenac.

Vestiges of Gallo-Roman prefectoral villa: thermal baths, aqueduct; small bronzes and a piece of sarcophagus paléo-Christian while coming are preserved at the castle of Monbazillac.

  • Manors: Lescot 17th; Monsac 18th; Fourtonie 18th.

Personalities related to the commune

See too

External bonds

  • Lamonzie-Montastruc on the site of the national geographical Institute

  • Lamonzie-Montastruc on the site of INSEE
  • Lamonzie-Montastruc on the site of Quid
  • Localization of Lamonzie-Montastruc on a chart of France and communes bordering
  • Plane on Lamonzie-Montastruc on Mapquest

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