Sights in Lalinde — 2 of Our Favourites

someone making paper by hand in Couse-et-Saint-Front, Dordogne

1. Moulin de la Rouzique Papermaking Mill & Museum, Couze-et-Saint-Front

In the paper-making village of Couze-et-Saint-Front, this traditional mill still makes paper by hand.

It houses a small museum on the history of paper-making and watermarks and offers organised tours and workshops on paper-making. The guide will tell you the history and show you the steps in the manufacture of paper through the various rooms and various mechanisms of the mill (models, paddle wheel, cylinder machine ... ). Then it's your turn, just press the paddle wheel and learn a skill by making your own paper!

There is a lovely shop selling their paper products and handmade products from recycled paper.

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Chapelle Saint Front de Colubri, Couze-et-Saint-Front

2. Chapelle Saint Front de Colubri, Lalinde

Although it is believed to have dated back to the eighth century, Father Goustat wrote in 1883 that this building could date back to VIII, XI or even the fourteenth century. It has been repeatedly destroyed and rebuilt in part or in whole over the years.

Situated across the Dordogne river from Lalinde, the chapel offers views down to the Dordogne and over the surrounding countryside as it is situated on a small cliff face. The chapel is dedicated to Saint Front who is said to have rid the area of a fearful dragon, or serpent, hence the name, Chapelle Saint Front de Colubri, colubri meaning serpent in Latin. Said to be a 'man-eater' the creature had the body of a snake, a dragon's head and a huge tail. It was thrown from the top of the cliff by Saint Front and the chapel was then erected on the site in his memory.