Carennac

And finally, for July 2nd, further on the way toward Limoges, le plus beau village de Carennac...

En route to Carennac, yet another chateau and bastide in the
valley

Entering Carennac

In the banana belt of France

We took this first to be a remnant of the old wall;
but it turned out to be one end of a very narrow
building

Thus; three floors, three entrances...narrowest we've seen

And, of course, the church, with a nice Christ in Majesty tympanum
from 1150 at the entrance

Helpful background information

Pretty thoroughly Romanesque, with all the Romanesque things
we have come to like, the sculptured capitals, the remnants of
centuries-old paint...

More of the rest of town

Fair-weather Turenne; we'd vowed to return, and got this close,
but the hour was late...and we'd already seen four beautiful
villages...and we were due in Limoges...maybe next time or next
life...