CAHORS , on the River Lot, was the capital of the old province of Quercy. In its time, it has been a Gallic settlement; a Roman town; a briefly held Moorish possession; a town under English rule; a bastion of Catholicism in the Wars of Religion, sacked in consequence by Henri IV; a university town for four hundred years; and birthplace of the politician Léon Gambetta (183882), after whom so many French streets and squares are named. Modern Cahors is a sunny southern backwater, with two interesting sights in its cathedral and the remarkable Pont Valentré . While you're in the Cahors area, … more »
Cahors, the beautiful departmental capital (about 20,000 population)... more »
Situated inside a meander of the river Lot surrounded by hills, the city ""Divona Cadurcor... more »
Cahors (ka??; Occitan: Caors pronounced ka?urs, ?k?ws, ?k?w) is the principal town and commune... more »