Formation of the Cirque De Navacelles Visits
THE OLD COURSE OF THE VIS THE HAMLET OF NAVACELLES A WORLD UNDER THE EARTH... RECOGNITION AS A WORLDWIDE FORMATION OF THE ON THE PATH OF THE In this landscape, the underground world holds many natural riches. HERITAGE SITE The hamlet of Navacelles was first mentioned in writing in the Throughout the course of history, the caves found there will have CIRQUE DE NAVACELLES tenth century. The monks of the Gélonne abbey in Saint Guilhem P. Ambert le Désert worked the land there. GRAND SITE DE FRANCE DU provided water for the « caussenard’s » everyday life, clay and calcite The landscape of the Cirque de Navacelles results from a relatively Causse de Blandas for pottery, and shelter and refuge for them and their animals. Later on long geological development. The interaction from the river Vis on the The open spaces were dedicated to crops (mostly cereals in the CIRQUE DE NAVACELLES in history, mining of its mineral riches took place from the Middle Ages limestone began 10 millions years ago. The forming of the island in meander, allotments beside the Vis, and vines, fruit and olive to the start of the twentieth century. Navacelles took place 6000 years ago and the waterfall 1000 years ago. trees on the terraces) or to animal breeding, although fish from the river were also a principal component of people’s diet. Causse de Blandas Larzac « Navacelles takes the finder’s breath away : this LANDSCAPES SHAPED BY 5 000 In 1930, there were two school teachers in Navacelles who taught 613m about thirty children. The old school is opposite the church.
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