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Saint-Léon
France, France
Saint-Léon-sur-Vézère is a picturesque village in France's Dordogne region, nestled in a scenic bend of the Vézère River and recognized as one of the Most Beautiful Villages of France for its medieval charm and well-preserved heritage.
Inhabited since Gallo-Roman times, it centers around a 12th-century Romanesque church dedicated to Saint Léonce, built on a former Roman villa site as part of a Benedictine priory linked to the Abbey of Sarlat, featuring a simple nave, apse, and bell-tower covered in lauzes stone slabs.
The area boasts historic sites like the 14th-century Manoir de la Salle with its square machicolation tower, the 16th-century Château de Clérans overlooking the river, and narrow cobblestone alleys lined with blond stone houses, evoking Périgord's rich past amid prehistoric caves and a once-bustling river port.
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