Located in the valley, beside the last  meanders that shape the Dordogne river bed, Lalinde benefits the large plane made by the running waters. The proximity of a ford very difficult to wade (low, strong currents & very broad) has determined its building profile (channels, bridges, boats). That is why it does not take long until it turns to be an obliged point of pass through the way from La Rochelle to Montpellier. The small chapel of Saint Front-de-Colubry is on the heights of the opposite river bank, dominating this vast view, nearly a quasi-aerial vision of the bastide.

      Lalinde evokes little those medieval villages with congested houses. Everything here seems to have been done with room. Streets are wide, holdings are bigger than usual. Some wood-walls still let us see the refill with rose bricks.