FRANCE | Sunday, 17 October 2010 | Views [256]
Touch...
...the relatively smooth stone: it feels soft under your finger tips, its warm golden color (a hallmark of the Périgord Noir), betrays its' strength.
The Périgord Noir stone, beautiful as it is, when used in construction protected man, his animals and harvested crops from the elements. Cut from local quarries or amassed from fields destined for cultivation, homes and structures meld harmoniously together with the natural environment.
(Photo: A fragile cobweb finds shelter on the stone facade of a barn wall)
