Cultural & natural heritage
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The Montdardier Castle
Built heritage
Montdardier
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At Montdardier, the houses are tightly packed together at the foot of the stone fortress which has guarded for centuries the access to the Causse de Blandas.
The ice house of Montdardier
Built heritage
Montdardier
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In the center of the village of Montdardier, there is an ice house.
The cirque de Navacelles
Natural heritage
Blandas
Main route
As well as many other famous sites of the Grands Causses, the Cirque de Navacelles is visited by hundreds of thousands of tourists every year, who come to admire the cut out of the Vis canyon, across the limestone and dolomite of the Causse de Blandas.
The Our-Lady-of-Pleasant-Place Hermitage
Built heritage
Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert
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The Our-Lady-of-Pleasant-Place Hermitage is a small sanctuary hanging from the rock. Located in a ruiniform landscape (dolomitic limestone) and fragrant garrigue, more than one hour walk from the village of Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert, it is a pleasant place where freshness can be enjoyed. The little chapel and its outbuildings are sheltered from the wind and the hot sun.
Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert
Built heritage
Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert
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It all started in 804 when Guilhem arrived in the Gellone valley. Guilhem, which was Charles Martel’s grandson and Charlemagne’s cousin, distinguished himself since 790 in many military campaigns which led him to the Spanish frontier.
The life of Saint Guilhem
Cultural heritage
Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert
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After having generously donated, William of Orange was received at the abbey of Gellone by his friend Benedict of Aniane, former military officer like him, and finally settled there living a monastic life, having known a rather tormented existence as a layman, that of a famous warrior.
Silk in the Cévennes
Cultural heritage
Main route
The Cévennes were the land of silk: for a long time, the spinning of silk yarns was the main economic activity in many Cévennes villages.
Sheep migration in the Cévennes
Cultural heritage
Main route
The principal of migration is so old that it is anchored deep inside the animal, in the form of a kind of collective memory. Still today, the herds seem to have an intuitive knowledge of the tracks: they never move away from them.
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