Rudelle

Rudelle ( Occitan: Rudela ) is a southern French village with 184 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Lot in the Midi-Pyrénées region.

Location

Rudelle is located about halfway between Rocamadour and Figeac Gramat and at an altitude of about 350 meters above sea level. inst in the northeast of the cultural landscape of the Quercy.

Demographics

Until shortly before the end of the 19th century the place was always well above 500 inhabitants. As a result of the phylloxera crisis in the wine and the mechanization of agriculture has declined, the population continuously since reaching its low point in the 1980s and 1990s back.

Economy

In skin -Quercy agriculture for centuries was used primarily for self- care, which included the wine until the 19th century, but this was completely abandoned after the phylloxera crisis. Today - in addition to the livestock and poultry sectors - tourism in the form of apartment rentals ( gîtes ) a major role in the economy of the community.

History

The Bastide Rudelle was founded around the year 1250 by Bertrand de Cardaillac, the lord ( seigneur ) of Lacapelle -Marival, on a side route of the Camino ( Via Podiensis ). His successor Geraud de Cardaillac had here in advance of the Hundred Years War ( 1289 ) a skirmish with the troops of the English King Edward I. In 1320, the church first mentioned.; 150 years later it is the parish church of the village.

Attractions

  • Terms of area, very small church ( Église Saint -Martial ) was originally the chapel of a Pilgrim Hospital. In the 14th century the building was surrounded by a moat ( douve ), was increased to a flight basement and attached in the manner of a defensive tower ( donjon ). At the top is a military platform with a mighty battlements and lateral weir bays ( bretèches ). Nave floor and have only very narrow windows and arched ribs. The capitals of the Archivolts portal are already heavily weathered. The church building was classified as a monument historique already in 1886.

Section of the Church

Channel and laundry

  • A covered wash house ( lavoir ) from the 19th century stands at the side of a partially straightened watercourse.
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