Old stone statue of Cyrano de Bergerac in Bergerac
by RicardMN Photography
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Old stone statue of Cyrano de Bergerac in Bergerac
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RicardMN Photography
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Bergerac is a commune and a sub-prefecture of the Dordogne department in southwestern France. Bergerac is designated as a 'City of Art and History'.
The town contains two statues of Cyrano de Bergerac, subject of a famous play of the same name by Edmond Rostand, though the actual Cyrano never lived in Bergerac. An old stone statue stands on Place de la Myrpe, facing Place du Docteur Cayla. A newer statue, painted in colour and standing on a stainless steel pedestal, has been erected on Place Pelissiere.
The Dordogne is a river in south-central and southwest France. The Dordogne and its watershed were designated Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO on July 11 2012.
Bergerac was originally founded around a castle built here in the 11th century (no longer in existence) and the location's strategic importance when it once had the only bridge across the Dordogne River in the region.
The town flourished through the Middle Ages, based largely on wine exporting, although it changed hands between the English and French during the Hundred Years War.
It was the Wars of Religion that were to prove Bergerac's undoing, at least temporarily, because of the continuous persecution of the protestants. The population declined from the end of the 17th century.
By the time of the Revolution the town had a renewed importance in Perigord, although in the following century transport links were to bypass Bergerac and hinder its development to the benefit of neighbour Perigueux.
It was to be the 20th century before industry, tobacco, and the wine trade re-established Bergerac as an important local centre.
The highlight of the town now is the old town, towards the river, which has been carefully restored and is very attractive - there are some very interesting medieval houses and streets to amble around.
Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac (March 1619 – 28 July 1655) was a French novelist, playwright, epistolarian and duelist.
A bold and innovative author, his work was part of the libertine literature of the first half of the seventeenth century. Today he is best known as the inspiration for Edmond Rostand's most noted drama Cyrano de Bergerac, which, although it includes elements of his life, also contains invention and myth.
Since the 1970s, there has been a resurgence in the study of Cyrano, demonstrated in the abundance of theses, essays, articles and biographies published in France and elsewhere in recent decades.(Description fro Wikipedia and bergeractravelsite.com).
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