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The area around Souillac is known as Perigord Noir. Here the oak and chestnut foliage turns dark as the sun sets. This is
also the home of truffles, the "black diamonds" of French cooking
Above riverside villages, on the Dordogne, rise superb chateaux such as those at Biron, Beynac, Castlenaud and Montfort.
Other exquisite villages, such as Salignac-Eyvigues, are guarded by powerful ancient fortresses.
Lesser rivers are overlooked by equally delightful architecture. Medieval Belves, with its seven belfries, perches on a
hill above the valley of the Nauze. Little Saint-Cybarnet, with its gabled houses, is washed by the Ceou, as is the even
tinier Bouzic. The area also embraces some of the finest Bastides of the department, Domme, Monpazier and
Villefranche-du-Perigord, and also includes remarkable prehistoric sites.
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