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Les Gaillardoux (pronounced Gaillardouce in Langue d’oc) is a
part 17th and part 18th century stone manor house, built and lived in for
generations by a prosperous family who farmed an extensive area of the Causses
de Quercy. The Manoir, its barns, and round-house (pigeonnier) are examples of
top quality stone rural architecture of the Lot region which are increasingly
rare.
The Manoir includes the main house facing East, South and North with its North
wing facing North, South and West; a number of large stone outbuildings and a
partly walled heated swimming-pool with its terrace area, all arranged around a
large courtyard planted with flowering bushes, specimen trees and a fig tree.
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