The meeting is set for Sunday, September 5, for an easy walk of about 8 km
L’Grand Périgueux tourist office offers an urban hike, Sunday 5 September at 9:30 am, on the theme “Nothing but water”. This walk of about 8 km (easy level) will allow participants to discover how water has been declined in different forms in Périgueux.
This element adorns the squares with the fountains. There are also the sources of Toulon, essential for the water supply of Périgueux. The development of distribution has eliminated the Seminary reservoir (rue Ludovic-Trarieux) or that of Pourradier, at the corner of rue Lamartine and avenue Pompidou. Another demolished work, the Catoire aqueduct. The route, enhanced by the presentation of an iconographic collection rarely exhibited, will also pass by the Abîme stream, which powered the Toulon mill bought by the City in 1834. Not to mention the testimonies of river and port activity …
Reservations required at the tourist office, place du Coderc (place of departure), tel. 05 53 53 10 63. Prices: full, 6 euros; for 12-18 year olds and students, € 4.50; for 6-11 years old, 3 euros. Free for children 6 and under.
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