To explore this stage is to open a history book: the imposing Lorraine cross at the Resistance Memorial in Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure, the Château de la Rochefoucauld—which has been remodelled over the centuries, from a simple keep to Italian-style galleries— the restored Forge mill, which produces flour, and the Pierre mill, capable of sawing through enormous blocks of limestone, then on to Vilhonneur and the prehistoric caves of Le Placard, engraved with enigmatic symbols.