Cahors has had a rich history since Celtic times. The original name of the
town was Divona or Divona Cadurcorum,
"Divona of the Cadurci," Divona was a fountain, now called "la
fontaine des Chartreux", worshiped by the Cadurci, a Celtic people of Gaul
before the Roman conquest in the 50s BC. The Cadurci were among the last Celtic
tribes to resist the Roman invasion. Cahors
derives from Cadurcorum.
However, romanization was rapid and profound : Cahors became a large Roman
