🏛️ Sarlat-la-Canéda
Medieval town centre in the Dordogne, shaped by Renaissance architecture and weekly markets
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Dordogne region, southwestern France, 70 km southeast of Bordeaux
- Population: Approximately 9,000 residents
- Core period: 15th–17th centuries, with medieval layout intact
- Market days: Wednesday and Saturday mornings, 8:00 am to midday
Sarlat-la-Canéda is a walled medieval town in the Dordogne region of southwestern France that preserves an intact 15th and 16th-century urban framework with functional markets and resident population. The historic core centres on narrow lanes lined with honey-coloured stone buildings, organised around the Place de la Liberté and Place de la Grande Rigaudie, with most notable structures dating to the 15th–17th centuries. As of 2026, Sarlat remains an active functioning town with ongoing heritage ...