Prignac-et-Marcamps
Prignac-et-Marcamps
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Following the merger of two municipalities, and Marcamps Prignac-and-Cazelles in 1965, Prignac-et-Marcamps extends on the right bank of the Dordogne.
Halfway between Bourg-sur-Gironde and Saint-Andre-de-Cubzac on the RD669, the town of 1315 inhabitants is limited naturally by the Dordogne and the Moron south west and north.
The arms of the municipality is a reference to the mammoth cave of Pair No Pair. The letters P, M, C mean Prignac, Marcamps and Gazelles.
Rich in monuments and castles whose traces are among the oldest, is one of the few villages to have many churches, chapels and laundries to be missed.
One example Lurzines Chapels and San Felix, the washing of Nolly and Christoly, castles and Grissac Great Day, the Romanesque church of Saint-Michel Marcamps 12th century and now desecrated, it has since been beautifully restored to serve as a cultural space. It hosts including exhibitions and concerts.
Above the cave of Pair No Pair discovered in 1881 by Francis Dalleau, and his wonderful wall engravings of horses, goats, deer, mammoths and bovines dating from the Aurignacian (between 33,000 and 26,000 years BC). Moving evidence of artistic awakening of humanity, it is one of the most remarkable caves with Upper Paleolithic. A reception center houses tools and bones of prehistoric animals.
Nearby, a remarkable area of natural wildlife and flora of 22 hectares, the site's natural Moron, to the delight of fishermen, sportsmen and hikers.
Finally, on the road Marcamps, careers cut to extract the yellow stones of the region found in some buildings Bordeaux suffered its heyday in the 18th century.
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The former listed village of Bourg, Route de la Corniche, the mill at Grand Puy Lansac, the citadel of Blaye or the Cubzaguais are not to be missed!
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