If you were asked to draw from your imagination, the perfect fortified
town on a hill, with a castle and overlooking the bend of a river,
then you would would probably come up with a fair representation
of Segur-le-Chateau, on the Auvézère river.
The is were the all powerful Counts of Limoges originally hailed
from, descendants of Henri IV. Hence the colombage and mullion windowed
La Maison de Henri IV.
If you are one of those who meander through France "collecting"
villages, then you will need this one... officially classified as
one of the most
beautiful villages in France - l'Un Plus Beaux Villages de France.
