• Source: Polignac, Haute-Loire

Polignac (French pronunciation: [pɔliɲak]; Occitan: Panhac) is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France. It is a member of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France (The Most Beautiful Villages of France) Association.




Population






Sights


The town is dominated by the Forteresse de Polignac with its square donjon tower, 32 m tall. The Chateau de Lavoute Polignac is a few miles away, close to the village of Lavoute.




Art and literature


The poetical illustration "The Church at Polignac" by Letitia Elizabeth Landon to a painting by James Duffield Harding was written during the imprisonment of Prince Polignac and his colleagues, after the French Revolution of 1830 (in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1837).




See also



Communes of the Haute-Loire department




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Komune di departemen Haute-Loire
• Aurec-sur-Loire
• Arondisemen Yssingeaux
• Arondisemen Brioude
• Arondisemen Le Puy-en-Velay
• Brioude
• Frugerès-les-Mines
• Sainte-Florine
• Le Puy-en-Velay
• Komune di departemen Charente-Maritime
• Polignac, Haute-Loire
• Polignac
• Haute-Loire
• Communes of the Haute-Loire department
• Auguste Aymard
• Melchior de Polignac
• Loire
• Jax, Haute-Loire
• Les Plus Beaux Villages de France
• List of communal flags in France