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==Tourism== <gallery> File:Perigueux Cathedrale Saint Front.jpg|[[Périgueux]] Image:Beynac chateau 1.jpg|[[Château de Beynac]] File:Lascaux, horse.JPG|[[Lascaux]] File:Canoe Dordogne.jpg|Canoeing on the [[Dordogne (river)|Dordogne River]] File:La Roque-Gageac Dordogne.jpg|[[La Roque-Gageac]] File:Cabanes du Breuil 1.jpg|[[Cabanes du Breuil]] </gallery> *[[Château de Mauriac (Douzillac)]] *[[Maison forte de Reignac]] There are more than 1,500 castles in Dordogne, making it "The Other Chateau Country"<ref>{{cite book | title=The Other Chateau Country; the Feudal Land of the Dordogne | publisher=John Lane The Bodley Head | last=Woods | first=Katherine | year=1931}}</ref> including: {{div col begin|colwidth=15em}} *[[Château de Beynac|Beynac]] *[[Château de Biron|Biron]] *[[Manoir de la Borie-Fricart]] *[[Château de Bourdeilles|Bourdeilles]] *[[Château de Castelnaud-la-Chapelle|Castelnaud-la-Chapelle]] *[[Château de Chantérac|Chantérac]] *[[Manoir du Chatenet|Chatenet]] *[[Château de Commarque|Commarque]] *[[Château de Hautefort|Hautefort]] *[[Manoir de Jaillac]] *[[Château de Jaurias|Jaurias]] *[[Château de La Besse|La Besse]] *[[Château de la Mothe|La Mothe]] *[[Château de la Petite Filolie|La Petite Filolie]] *[[Château de la Renaudie (Saint-Front-la-Rivière)|La Renaudie]] *[[Château de la Roche (Annesse-et-Beaulieu)|La Roche]] *[[Château de la Roque|La Roque]] *[[Manoir de Mitonias]] *[[Château des Milandes|Milandes]] *[[Monbazillac]] *[[Manoir de Grézignac]] *[[Manoir de la Vermondie]] *[[Manoir des Pautis]] *[[Château de Pécany|Pécany]] *[[Château de Puymartin|Puymartin]] *[[Château Saulnier|Saulnier]] {{div col end}} The famous caves of [[Lascaux]] have been closed to the public, but a replica of Lascaux II is open to visitors and is a major tourist attraction. Périgueux has important [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] ruins, including an arena which is still visible inside a public park located near the town centre. Dordogne is particularly popular with Britons as well as people from a variety of other countries, as a location for second homes.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dare Hall |first1=Zoe |title=Why Dordogne property seduces British buyers |url=https://www.ft.com/content/e4626af2-8388-11e9-a7f0-77d3101896ec |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/e4626af2-8388-11e9-a7f0-77d3101896ec |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |work=Financial Times |date=5 June 2019}}</ref>
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