On Sunday, we went to a vide grenier in Lagarde-Fimarcon and bought 4 wine and 6 champagne glasses, plus embroidered napkins, all for 10 euros. We drove to Fources, a Plus Beaux village (Visit Fources) that was hosting a brocante event. We looked but didn't find anything. Fources church, Eglise Saint-Laurent, was built on the foundation of a 13th century church, in the 1870's. Its site, on the L'Anzoue River across the bridge from Fources, is quite beautiful.
We drove just up the road to Mezin, to visit Saint-Jean-Baptiste. The church was was built in the late 1000's, and was a possession of Cluny. The church was enlarged in the 12th century.
A few miles south of Mezin, we visited the church of Saint Jean de Villeneuve, given to the Abbey of Saint Sever by the Count of Gascony at the end of the 10th century. The present church was converted from a tower, dating from the 12th century, and part of the military defenses protecting the village. It has beautiful interior painted walls and ceiling.
Just past Fources, on our way back to Lectoure, we stopped at the Eglise Sainte-Quitterie Laspeyres, a pre-Romanesque church that became a Cluny priory in 1068. There are traces of the presence of the Templars in the 12th century at the church.
