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take the time to visit the historic city

The Old Bridge over the Dordogne is a historic bridge located in the Corrèze department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, crossing the Dordogne River. This bridge, often associated with a picturesque charm, is a key element of local heritage and a point of interest for visitors to the region.

The Old Bridge over the Dordogne is an ideal destination for history, photography and nature lovers, offering a unique combination of architectural heritage and natural beauty.

Bring your binoculars! You can observe numerous birds here.

Along the Dordogne, the landscapes offer us a beautiful diversity between dams and villages.

Directly in Brivezac. Here it is worth taking a detour to the small church of Saint-Pierre (11th century).

This superb town, located on the edge of the Dordogne, is worth a stop. It has been known since the Gallic era. The place was strategic and has remained so throughout history. The town controlled the access linking Armorica to the Mediterranean Sea. This situation made it a place where wealth circulated. It was in the 18th and 19th centuries that its economic growth increased thanks to the use of barges, these flat-bottomed boats that could navigate shallow waterways.

Nowadays, very few mills are still in operation in their original function, but appear to cyclists along the river as technical-historical monuments of an ancient craft tradition: The heavy millstones inside were moved solely through human ingenuity and the power of the chestnut water as driving energy, so that, for example, grains could be ground into flour (so-called grain mills) or oil could be pressed from (e.g. olive) fruits (so-called oil mills). .