Lanterne des Morts

Visiting Sarlat-La-Canéda.

On the upper part of Sarlat you can find the “lantern of the dead”, called, according to the provinces, funeral lantern, headboard, lamp (see Denominations below) is a masonry building, variably shap...

Just a weirdly shaped building - can’t enter

I like strange architecture, and this is strange. I wish we could have peeked inside. The hill around it is not much to look at and the back of the church is a bit ugly because of the stadium seatin...

Worth Walking By

An old tower used to light the way to the cemetery in the old days. Cool to see the cemetery below. Only takes a few minutes for a photo. For more details on highlights of Sarlat see my TZ trips page...

Good for a photo of an usual piece of architecture .

Found on the outer part of the old town behind the church on a pathway round the church but apart from good views of Sarlat there is not much of anything apart from looking at this odd building.

Interesting light house

This is an unusual light house that only exists in the South of France. It was lit during medieval times for the dead people/ghosts to come to area to be eith their families. The light would let them ...