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We spent today just strolling the many streets of Cahors and walked to the famous bridge "Pont Valentre". I read that this bridge is said to be the most photographed sight in France outside of Paris.
The folklore/ story about this 14th century structure is that "the devil" helped with the construction.
The construction of the six span fortified stone arched bridge took place over 70 years from 1308 to 1378. The impatient architect supposedly made a deal with the devil ... he would give up his soul if the devil would help with the construction. As the project was nearing completion the architect had second thoughts and tried to back out his part of the deal. Now the devil was not happy and as the masons laid the last stone on the final days ... The devil would remove it at night and repeated this many times.
Today the devil still clings to the corner of the tower!
The bridge is also part of the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostella.
The devil ...
We spent sometime on the bridge watching several boats manoeuvre the locks and floating logs!
During our walk our eyes were treated with many beautiful sights ...this lovely decorated balcony, interesting architechure, creative shop signage, peeks at some of the secret gardens and we finished our afternoon with a little people watching from our Café seats.
And then we returned to the shade and coolness of our courtyard ...
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