La Roque-Gageac - a village located in the region of Aquitaine. The village belongs to the association of the most beautiful villages in France. La Roque-Gageac located along the Dordogne River, 8 km south-west of Sarlat-la-Canéda. People came here in prehistoric times.
In the Middle Ages in La Roque Gageac had 1,500 inhabitants. At the time, lived mainly fishermen. This village is surrounded by a circular tower Tarde family homestead. Here lived Italian Giovanni Tardieu, a botanist, a friend of Galileo. The estate was still built in the 12th century. During the Hundred Years' War, the village has suffered a bit, but the lock still defies time.
January 17, 1957 of the rock falls on the village of La Roque-Gageac, destroying six houses and a barn, blocking the road. Three people were killed. January 9, 2010 a piece of rock fell back to the house. June 3, 2010 at the beginning of the tourist season, there was a risk of falling 320 tons of rocks looming over the village. Was produced evokuatsiya people and made the tension networks on the rocks. Following the work done in La Roque-Gageac reopen July 10, 2010, and people were able to return home. But still remains opastnost falling rocks.
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