{"id":11842,"date":"2017-05-29T06:55:03","date_gmt":"2017-05-29T10:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/?p=11842"},"modified":"2017-06-21T17:11:49","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T21:11:49","slug":"11842","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/?p=11842","title":{"rendered":"Perouges, France – a Medieval Village"},"content":{"rendered":"

Monday – May 29, 2017<\/span><\/p>\n

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The medieval town of Perouges is one of les plus beaux villages de France – <\/em>one of the most beautiful villages of the world.<\/em>\u00a0 Located about 25 miles northeast of Lyon, Perouges is a 12th century gem preserved by the French government and restored to its medieval glory.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The village is a main tourist destination and is usually very crowded, but because today is Monday and French shops are closed, Perouges was deserted. \u00a0We had the entire town to ourselves and my cousins and I enjoyed walking along quiet, empty cobblestone streets.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The village has two main entrances: Porte d’en Bas<\/em> – the bottom gate and Porte d’en Haut<\/em> – the upper door. \u00a0Once through the ancient gates, we were magically transported to the Middle-Ages. \u00a0Narrow cobblestone paths weave through towering rock walls of medieval buildings.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The stone\u00a0paths are intertwined in a labyrinth of little streets between houses. \u00a0It was fun to walk along and finally end up where we began!<\/span><\/p>\n

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The main square is the site of a majestic linden tree which was planted during the French Revolution and is known as La Place du Tilleul.\u00a0<\/em>The medieval walled city was originally inhabited by weavers and farmers.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Claudine, Astrig, and I explored all the cobblestone paths and alleyways in the village. \u00a0We stopped at one of the shops to try Galette Perougienne, <\/em>which is\u00a0a speciality only made in Perouges. \u00a0The sweet pizza-like tart is made with sugar, butter, and lime zest baked on flat brioche dough. \u00a0Of course, it was delicious!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Le\u00a0Moyen Age<\/em> cat sleeping on the horizontal window shutter, le\u00a0volet,<\/em> never stirred when I took his picture.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Perouges has several restaurants, gift stores, artisan craft shops, a bakery, and a wine shop which cater to tourists. It’s an exceptionally lovely medieval village and a wonderful rare treat\u00a0to visit without crowds of tourists. The poem below, paying homage to Perouges, was mounted on one of the buildings:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Monday – May 29, 2017 The medieval town of Perouges is one of les plus beaux villages de France – one of the most beautiful villages of the world.\u00a0 Located about 25 miles northeast of Lyon, Perouges is a 12th century gem preserved by the French government and restored to its medieval glory. The village […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family","category-france"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11842"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11858,"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11842\/revisions\/11858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}