Gourdon

Gourdon rises around a hill in the uplands of Quercy, between the valleys of the Lot and Dordogne. Its castle dominated a town whose consuls kept records through the troubled fourteenth century. In 1619 a dispute over the castle's repair reflected tensions between the townspeople and their lord. The stronghold was taken and demolished that same year, leaving the hilltop without the fortress that had long overlooked the streets below.