This is Sauveterre de Guyenne !!

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Again was on my road warrior trips all over my belle France. So many villages and towns that do not know when will pull all the photos to match a post!! I like to update this older post with new text and links for you and me, The town of Sauveterre-de-Guyenne is located in the Gironde dept no,33, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. The town is in the heart of the Entre-deux-Mers vineyards and watered by the Vignague, tributary of the Dropt, Sauveterre is 49 km from Bordeaux, 22 km from Langon ; 608 km from Versailles, and 518 km from my current home. Let me tell you about this is Sauveterre de Guyenne !! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

The main roads into town by car , both crossing the city, are the   D670, which leads to Saint-Jean-de-Blaignac and Libourne and La Réole, and the D672, leads to Saint-Macaire and Langon (we were coming from here) and to Pellegrue and Sainte-Foy-la-Grande; The A62 highway have access no 3, known as Langon, and no 4, known as La Réole, this is the highway/autoroute Bordeaux-Toulouse. The A65 has access no 1,Bazas, this is the highay/autoroute Langon-Pau. The closest access to the A89 highway/autoroute Bordeaux-Lyon is that of the interchange with the N89 which is 31 km away. Bus and train they have but never even come close always by car around here.

Things to see in town, me think are the walls of the country house dismantled in 1838 but the gates have been preserved. To date, Sauveterre de Guyenne is the only one of the eight bastide towns in Gironde to have kept the four city gates. One of them, the Saubotte gate of 17 meters high and 2 guard rooms has been completely restored and can be visited. The city gates are located at the four main entrances to the old country house, on the departmental roads D670 and D672. However, I came to peek on the city by the Porte de la Font gate at the D672 end. And, the Notre-Dame Church dates from the 14C. Remarkable by his apse. The Saint-Christophe du Puch Church, located at a village called Le Puch, dates from the 11-12C, and has a portal with three-were adorned above a decor of billets supported by seven modillions of which one is an “obscene”. The Saint-Léger Church in Saint-Léger-de-Vignague is located at a village called Saint-Léger-de-Vignague. It dates from the 12C and was burnt down in the 16C by Protestants. This church is truncated because there is only the choir vaulted in Byzantine dome – unique in Gironde, and the aplated apse oven. The Saint-Romain Church of Saint-Romain-de-Vignague, located at a village called Saint-Romain-de-Vignague, is in a Romanesque style, dating from the 11-12C and 14C. It also has a massive bell tower which is not the original one and which has probably replaced a gable tower.

Sauveterre de Guyenne porte de la font entr on D672 aug17

A bit of history I like tell us that this was an old bastide of English origin, founded in 1281 by king Edward Ier. In the 13C, a small wooden castle inhabited by Dame Athalésie was built on a hill and the city then took the name of Athala. To put an end to the feudal rivalries, King Edward I of England, also the Duke of Aquitaine, accepted the creation of a country house in 1281 with privileges granted in 1283. The country house changed sides 10 times, French, English, and became French definitively in 1451, two years before the end of the Hundred Years War. It was administered by a jury until the French revolution.

During the French revolution, the parish of Notre-Dame de Sauveterre formed the town of Sauveterre and in 1896, the town of Sauveterre became Sauveterre-de-Guyenne. On May 1, 1965, the towns of Puch, Saint-Léger-de-Vignague and Saint-Romain-de-Vignague were attached to the town of Sauveterre-de-Guyenne. From June 25 to 28, 1940, the town hosted the Belgian government of Hubert Pierlot in exile. After the armistice signed in 1940, the line of demarcation between occupied France and the Free Zone was established. It passed in front of the Saint-Léger and Saint Romain gates. The bastide of Sauveterre de Guyenne was in the occupied zone.

The town of Sauveterre de Guyenne on its heritage : https://www.sauveterre-de-guyenne.fr/decouvrir-sauveterre/histoire-et-patrimoine/

The Gironde dept 33 tourist office on Sauveterre de Guyenne :https://www.gironde-tourisme.com/en/patrimoine-culturel/bastide-de-sauveterre-de-guyenne/

The wine region of Entre Deux Mers on Sauveterre de Guyenne : https://www.entredeuxmers.com/offre/bastide-de-sauveterre-de-guyenne/

The bastides 22 on fortified towns of the Gironde on Sauveterre de Guyenne : https://www.bastides33.fr/sauveterre-de-guyenne/

There you go folks, another off the beaten path town of my belle France, a road warrior dreams beyond a simple post. Again, hope you enjoy the post on this is Sauveterre de Guyenne as I.

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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