At the start of Rue du Barry sits the House of Talin, owned by one of the region's grandest families. On the lintel, which dates back to 1591, are two sculpted scallop shells. They’re concave, with the base pointing up. This signifies that the inhabitants of this residence have made the Saint-Jacques de Compostelle pilgrimage and will offer hospitality to any traveller who knocks on their door. Corrèze, located between Collonges-La-Rouge and Rocamadour, is on a secondary route of this well-known religious journey. The façades of other Corrèze homes – those built in the 16th and 17th centuries – also have images of the pretty shell in bas-relief, but are convex, as was common during the Renaissance. It was in front of the ancient Talin house that Julien Duvivier filmed several scenes from Poil de Carotte (Carrot Head) in 1932, the first movie adaptation of the novel by Jules Renard.
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