This is the first of a number of Dordogne Valley Galleries. This valley is the site of our other home. Its history goes back to prehistory (Lascaux and the valley of the Vezere). It is a land of chateaux, vineyards, rivers, and towns, particularly Bastide towns, and wonderful light. Eymet is such a Bastide town. They were fortified towns, generally built in the eleventh and twelfth centuries as part of the contest between leaders of France and England for the Acquitaine, of which this forms a part. Most of these towns have a weekly market. Enjoy.