La Bastide Clairence

Clairence is a typical example of a Bastide - the fortified towns of the 13/14th centuries, found in southwest France’s disputed frontier regions, governed by the local lord. Usually square or rectangular, with a grid pattern of streets focused round an arcaded market square, the church is relegated to one side. There is an overgrown ‘Israelite Cemetery’ next to, but separate from, the immaculate church graveyard. There was a Jewish quarter here dating from the 15th century expulsion of Jews from Spain and Portugal but they eventually died out.
 
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