France - Albi, Carcassonne and Dordogne

- NAJAC 3 -

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Many of the houses of the old village are in a state of disrepair...

...but over recent years a number of the old, uninhabitable buildings have been purchased by people from nearby French towns as well as those from further afield in France and in the UK and Europe. Extensive renovation of these buildings is being done, or has been completed, in several parts of the old area of the village. The pictures (above and left) show medieval houses in the Rue Basse des Comptes de Toulouse.

The Church of St-Jean l'Evangeliste which the villagers of Najac were forced by the Inquisition to build at their own expense in 1258 as a punishment for their conversion to Catharism.  (Left)





A view over a small Najac vineyard towards the Aveyron valley and river.  (Right)

More pictures of Najac will be found on the following page. Please click on the 'Next' button (lower right).