Rocamadour and Figeac, Summer 2004 Photo Gallery by Brian Ogilvie at pbase.com

Rocamadour and Figeac, Summer 2004

We visited Rocamadour on August 31 and Figeac on September 3. Rocamadour was (and still is) a major pilgrimage site on the route to Santiago de Compostela. Figeac is a beautiful, sleepy town best known now as the birthplace of the Egyptologist Champollion, the scholar who deciphered hieroglyphics.

Rocamadour: the city from the east	Rocamadour: the city	Rocamadour: the religious city	Rocamadour: looking down on the town
Rocamadour: fresco in the religious city	Rocamadour: church tower	Rocamadour: church in the rock	Rocamadour: frescoes on St. Michael's chapel
Rocamadour: door in the religious city	Rocamadour: detail of door hardware	Rocamadour: religious city	Rocamadour: 13th-century stained glass
Rocamadour: view from ramparts	Rocamadour: roof	Rocamadour: from ramparts	Rocamadour: eagle
Rocamadour: descending from ramparts	Figeac: Hôtel de la Monnaie	Figeac: solelhos (open attics)	Figeac: medieval houses
Figeac: ensign	Figeac: typical narrow street	Figeac: a pet stylist	Figeac: medieval door replaced by Renaissance door
Figeac: detail on the king's representative's palace	Figeac: tower of the palace of the king's representative	Figeac: from Notre Dame du Puy	Figeac: view through archway
Figeac: another medieval street	Figeac: Place of Writing

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