Saint Jean-de-Cole is in the Northern Dordogne near Thivers and is on the banks of the Cole river. St Jean-de-Cole is a designated Les Plus Beaux Villages de France, or Beautiful Villages of France. The village square is flanked on one side by the Chateau de la Marthonie which was built over a period of time and the represents different design periods.

On another side of the square is the Romanesque Byzantine church of St Jean Baptist built in the 12th  century. The other sides of the square have traditional cottage-style houses.

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