On Wednesday we decided to visit the quaint and beautiful village of Saint-Cirq-Lapopie. It is another old and well preserved city nestled on the side of a mountain.

As I understand the church in the village bears its name from a martyred child and his mother somewhere around 304 C.E., Eglise Saint-Cirq-et-Sainte-Juliette. Julieta had been arrested and tortured for being a Christian and her five year old child was forced to watch. He yelled out that he was a Christian too so the governor killed him as well. He is the youngest Christian martyr.

This was on our list to go and see and since it was going to rain most of the day felt this was a good idea. It was and we learned so much. We visited a wine museum, went to the top of the castle ruins, visited the church. The town is full of little shops and cafes. The entire town is almost a museum.

One thing we learned is that this village has cobblestone and brick streets mainly for pedestrians. And as you know cobblestone and brick are very slick when wet. Noël almost went down.

Saint-Cirq-Lapopie is also on the French pilgrimage route of The Way of St. James. And we saw one pilgrim.

It was a lovely day and I would enjoy going back to this Les Plus Beaux Villages, one of the most beautiful villages in France.

*(Pictures we’re taken between rain storms.)

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