Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: Dronne

There is a nice beach in Lisle with picnic tables and a red slide. Here residents and visitors can swim in the river Dronne.

A market hall with an added lavoir (wash basin) did exist in Lisle since centuries. In 1846 it was decided to tear down the old hall - and replace it by this posh new one. It was inaugurated on 12. November 1856. To the left is Saint Martin, the parish church.

The Benedictine Abbey of Brantôme was founded in 769 by Charlemagne, who endowed relics of Saint Sicarius (Sicaire), one of the infants in the Massacre of the Innocents. The abbey got looted and destroyed by Norman invaders in 848 and 857. The abbey was rebuilt end of the 10th century - and again end of the Hundred Years' War. The belltower dates to the 11th century (and is belived to be the oldest in France!), but it may actually even older, as parts of the foundations are merovingian, from a time, when hermits lived in caves, carved into the cliff behind the buildings of today. The ensemble was restored by disputed Paul Abadie in the 19th century. The village of Brantôme developed on an artificial island opposite the abbey. Already in the 9th century, the monks had created that island by digging a connecting trench into a meander of the river Dronne.

The Benedictine Abbey of Brantôme was founded in 769 by Charlemagne, who endowed relics of Saint Sicarius (Sicaire), one of the infants in the Massacre of the Innocents. The abbey got looted and destroyed by Norman invaders in 848 and 857. The abbey was rebuilt end of the 10th century - and again end of the Hundred Years' War. The belltower dates to the 11th century (and is belived to be the oldest in France!), but it may actually even older, as parts of the foundations are merovingian, from a time, when hermits lived in caves, carved into the cliff behind the buildings of today. The ensemble was restored by disputed Paul Abadie in the 19th century. The village of Brantôme developed on an artificial island opposite the abbey. Already in the 9th century, the monks had created that island by digging a connecting trench into a meander of the river Dronne.

The Benedictine Abbey of Brantôme was founded in 769 by Charlemagne, who endowed relics of Saint Sicarius (Sicaire), one of the infants in the Massacre of the Innocents. The abbey got looted and destroyed by Norman invaders in 848 and 857. The abbey was rebuilt end of the 10th century - and again end of the Hundred Years' War. The village of Brantôme developed on an artificial island opposite the abbey. Already in the 9th century, the monks had created that island by digging a connecting trench into a meander of the river Dronne.