The Mairie & The Turkey Photo

Photographer’s Note

A view of the Mairie in the picturesque village of Varaignes on a hot May afternoon. Unusually, the Mairie also doubles as the post office and telephone exchange as can be seen by the multitude of overhead wires. As to the significance of the turkey, you need to read to the end of the note.

Varaignes is a French commune in the départment of Dordogne in the Aquitaine region. It is located 16 kilometres north-west of the town of Nontron in the Périgord Limousin natural regional park.

It has a 16th century château, which houses a museum of local arts and crafts with an emphasis on weaving. The church of Saint-Jean Baptiste dates from the 12th century with alterations and additions made in the 13th, 15th and 19th centuries. The village is also a centre of turkey production with an annual procession and Turkey Fair held on the 11th of November each year.

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swiatopelk777 (9120) 2009-06-06 0:30

Hi Stephen!
Wonderful sculpture. Nice blue car. Interesting building. Nice light and colors.
Greetings from Poland!

chinchini (27751) 2009-06-06 0:35

Salut Stephen,
Une originale et bonne prise de vue sur cette antique bâtisse qui cumule mairie et bureau de poste. La présence du véhicule "habille" l'avant-plan ;o)
Ta note (elles sont toujours instructives) m'apprend que le village est un important centre de production de pintades.
Excellente fin de semaine mon Amoi
Pierre

jurek1951 (26076) 2009-06-06 0:47

Hi Stephen,

Very interesting architecture. Original POV and composition. Very good shot. Well done
Georg

jlbrthnn (38775) 2009-06-06 1:41

Bonjour Stephen,
Dans une photo de qualité et agréable à regarder, tu as rassemblé de belles enseignes qui ont marqué ma jeunesse, La "Caisse Nationale d'Epargne" et la Mairie-Postes-Télégraphe-Téléphone" qui me rappellent des images de mon père facteur de son vivant.
Bonne journée
Amicalement
Joël

Budapestman (42694) 2009-06-06 4:12

Hi Stephen,
Splendid daily life photo with interesting note and attractive composition. Excellent lights and clarity, the details of the photo are very lovely. Tfs! Have a nice weekend!
George

dareco (17104) 2009-06-06 9:16

Very nice lighting and shadows. Good detail and yes! the turkey is a bonus! :) TFS

wolf38 (13061) 2009-06-06 9:57

Hello stephen. An informative and instructive photo. The building had changing use. Eyecatcher is however the wonderful turkey. The picture is suitable in the best way for TE. Best regards, Wolfgang.

Fis2 (46273) 2009-06-06 12:21

Witaj Stephen!
A curious place.
I like the old auto and building.
Good frame and colors.
The turkey add savor of photo :)
Regards
Krzysztof

saxo042 (16182) 2009-06-06 18:50

Hi Stephen,
A real turkey picture and a quite funny one too! An ordinary street scene and a capture of daily life in France!
Kind regards
Gunnar

Graal (58616) 2009-06-06 23:17

Hi Stephen,
amazing scenery, good shot and presentation. Unusual "turkey". I like it.
Gr., Aleksander

PixelTerror (86691) 2009-06-07 6:14

Hi Stephen
An interesting image for it announces concentration of services coming to small villages, here we see in addition of being mairie and turkey's home it also serves as a post & telecom office under the old PTT sign, as a bus stop and a Peugeot garage, add the school, the grocer's and the bar PMU and it'll be complete, I doubt the church would move together with the mairie ;-)
Have a nice day jY