00:00Marie is a really good friend of ours and she told me with a twinkle in her eye that
00:17Saint-Cerclapapy was a beautiful place where she had her first romantic night with her
00:21husband.
00:22Well, and that makes curious of course.
00:26Deep down in the valley flows the Lot River, which gave its name to the area.
00:30Almost a hundred meters high above, the village of Saint-Cerclapapy seems to have been floating
00:34on its rocks since the Middle Ages.
00:37The history of the village is typical of this area.
00:40In 1229 Bertrand de Cardillac acquired the land.
00:44One of his successors took over the castle of Saint-Cerclapapy in 1395 and founded the
00:48line of the barons of Cardillac-Saint-Cerc.
00:50Later, three families Lapapy, Gerdun and Cardillac shared the place.
00:56In the 16th century, the Bishop of Coeur took power.
01:00During the Hundred Years' War, Saint-Cerclapapy was besieged and finally taken by treachery.
01:05The fortifications were razed and during the Wars of Religion, Henry of Navarre, later
01:10King Henry IV, destroyed the rest.
01:13Saint-Cerclapapy is rebuilt and the town has been significantly marked by the craft guilds
01:17of coppersmiths, chicken turners and leather manufacturers.
01:21Today it is artists and writers who enjoy working here.
01:24Thus, Saint-Cerclapapy remains one of the most beautiful villages in France.
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