La Tour Nègre

La Tour Nègre is a hamlet in Figeac, Lot, Occitanie. La Tour Nègre is situated nearby to the hamlet La Cassagnole, as well as near Jammary.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rosetta Stone and Figeac station.

Rosetta Stone

Work of art

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The Rosetta Stone is a stele of granodiorite inscribed with three versions of a decree issued in 196 BC during the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt, on behalf of King Ptolemy V Epiphanes. Rosetta Stone is situated 3 km north of La Tour Nègre.

Figeac station

Railway station

Photo: Андрей Романенко, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Figeac is a railway station in Figeac, Occitanie, France. The station is a keilbahnhof, situated at the junction of the Brive–Toulouse railway and Figeac–Arvant railway lines. Figeac station is situated 2½ km northeast of La Tour Nègre.

Champollion Museum

Museum

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The Champollion Museum is located in Figeac, Lot, France. It houses a collection devoted to Figeac's most famous son, Jean-François Champollion. It was inaugurated 19 December 1986 in the presence of President François Mitterrand and Jean Leclant, secrétaire perpétuel of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. Champollion Museum is situated 3 km northeast of La Tour Nègre.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Figeac and Capdenac-Gare.

Figeac

Town

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Figeac is a commune in the southwestern French department of Lot. Figeac is a sub-prefecture of the department. Figeac is situated 3 km north of La Tour Nègre.

Capdenac-Gare

Village

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Capdenac-Gare is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France. The old village of Capdenac is directly west of Capdenac-Gare, across the river Lot. Capdenac-Gare is situated 5 km east of La Tour Nègre.