Surveyor’s Treasure House of Cards 

A child from Le Bugue who became an African viceroy, Jean Batailler travelled the length and breadth of the Périgord and Côte d’Ivoire in his job as a land surveyor. He enthusiastically built up an extensive collection of photographs and artworks. One can venture to say that, in his own way, he has become a man of wisdom. He has revealed to us a big secret: by the cantou or in the shade of an African hut one finds exactly the same warmth and warm-heartedness. Take a look at a few of his ethnographic postcards; they all go to show that men and women all over the world are tender at heart.

Micheline Garrigue, Fairy Godmother at the Hôtel de Paris, Le Bugue 

Fashion model in the Dordogne in the 1950s, Micheline Garrigue and her husband Jacques ran the Hôtel de Paris in Le Bugue before going off to America. Once back home, she recalls…

The Well-Loved Bewitcher of Le Bugue's Grand Rue  

Le Bugue's oldest house is home to a primary-school teacher. Something of an artist as well, she introduces us to "Sad Bear", a vigorous stuffed teddy who is the hero of a modern fable full of lessons for us all.