![]() ![]() The village, which today has some 1200 inhabitants, was the scene of a tragedy in June 1944 when 12 inhabitants were hanged and four others shot by SS multiplying the abuses after the announcement of the Allied landing.ĭunes has recovered its serenity. It is true that under Louis XIV, erected as a marquisate, Dunes attracts a wealthy aristocracy and bourgeoisie who restore and embellish the heart of the small town. Much of this heritage legacy has been preserved despite the Hundred Years' War and the Wars of Religion. ![]() This bastide (a new town with a checkerboard plan around its central square and with ramparts) was administered by consuls and the peasants could take refuge there in case of troubles. In a quietly hilly landscape, on the left bank of the Garonne, the city was founded in the middle of the thirteenth century by the seneschal of Agen. ![]() Dunes is a commune of Tarn-et-Garonne, in the Occitanie region, 20 km south-east of Agen, on the boundary of Lot-et-Garonne and the borders of the Gers. ![]()
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