Memorial

Location: Lot & Garonne, Marmande, D933, junction with D708

The D933 is now a smart new by-pass round the outskirts of Marmande, heading north towards Périgueux and Bergerac and South to Mount de Marsan. 

The recent construction has been an opportunity to build and design new roundabouts.  One of the most dramatic, on the crossroads with the D708 that leads into Marmande town centre, is topped by this powerful sculpture in memory of the holocaust.

Auchan, Villeneuve

Location: Lot & Garonne, D911, on the border of Villeneuve-sur-Lot and Bias, towards Sainte Livrade-sur-Lot, at the turning for Auchan supermarket

There is a scruffy, rubbish-covered small roundabout just at the entrance to Auchan hypermarket outside Villeneuve-sur-Lot.

From some angles, there is nothing much to see except road signs and traffic and then suddenly, there against the sky, is this surreal running figure.  Love it!

Strange "Spider"

Location: Landes, D824, entrance to Dax ring road coming from Mont de Marsan

It isn't a spider, because it only has six legs. And what are the three phallic symbols in the middle all about?

And I thought the red "D" with the swirl might be the logo for Dax, but it doesn't seem to be.

Then round the other side of the roundabout there are about a dozen painted posts.

All to be found on the ring road as you approach Dax from Mont de Marsan in the Landes.

Rond Point de Falines

Location: Languedoc-Roussillon, near Narbonne, D32 outside Gruissan, junction with D332

The D32 out of Narbonne meanders south east to Gruissan, a holiday resort in the Languedoc-Roussillon between two étangs (lakes) and the Mediterranean. At the entrance to the old fishing village is the rond point de Falines.

Here, framed by grass and olive trees, an abstract sculpture echoes the shapes of the fishing boats and the yachts in the nearby marina.

To one side flags of France and the European Union flutter in the breeze.