5/9/2023 0 Comments Hotels sorges dordogne![]() Pick up a map or in the summer if you prefer you can do a guided visit. You can also do a 3km walk through some truffle forests. There is a small shop in the museum selling truffle related products to take home and sample. ![]() In France François I and Catherine of Medicis followed the new trend and favoured the summer truffles of Bourgogne and Perigord. Then in Renaissance times the Italian nobility discovered a taste for truffles and particularly those from Piemont in Italy. In the Middle Ages truffles were seen as a product of the devil and consumption was banned by the clergy. For example, truffles were appreciated even in ancient Greece, Egypt and Roman times. In the museum you can learn lots of interesting information about truffles. The price is 5 euros for adults and 2.50 euros for 11-16s. The Ecomusée de la Truffe is open from the 17th of June to the 15th of September, from 10.00 to 12.30 and 14.00 to 17.00. If you want to know a bit more about the history and culture of the truffles there is a truffle museum in the village. In this way the local truffle industry flourished and Sorges became a capital for trufficulture. Acorns from oak trees with truffle growth at their roots were planted in suitable soil and the new trees were also found to be good truffle producers. Added to those attributes it was in the Sorges area that some of the earliest work on encouraging truffle growth was carried out. The limestone soil and local climate have made Sorges an excellent place for growing truffles. ![]() A nice contemporary range of 'Stations of the Cross' artworks by the local artist Richard Riche are also on the walls. Inside the church has been nicely renovated and you can admire the medieval carvings with animal shapes as well as human faces. Looking at the facade there is a Romanesque doorway on the right and a Renaissance doorway on the left. The church is a particularly attractive one for such a small village and has both Romanesque and Gothic-Renaissance architecture. Sorges is a quiet village and at the centre is the church and mairie, a few shops and a couple of tea shops. Sorges though is really famous for its truffles and is known as the 'truffle capital'. It has a particularly attractive church which sits on a pleasant square. Sorges is a small village not far from Perigueux.
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