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Hamlets in the Pradal Valley

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Description

The Pradal valley is protected by its unique access. It offers us, with its landscapes, a remarkable set of hamlets with slate roofs (phonolitic rock that cuts like slate).

As soon as you enter the valley, the four roads sawmill recalls the silvo-pastoral activity (forest and meadows).
According to the historian Paul Camus, it was in 51 AD that the Roman Emperor Claudius cut down part of the forests to drive out the Druids who found refuge there. It will be necessary to wait for the installation of the Carthusians of the abbey of Bonnefoy (1156, Carthusian order founded in 1084) so ​​that the current forest cover is constituted at the hubac (slope exposed to the shade) of the valley (Bois Negro, wood of Sevelas…).
It is on the adret (or adreyt, slope exposed to the sun), that one can still see the chambas, terraces created and cultivated by man.
Born from materials found on site or torn from the ground, designed and built for and by peasants, the hamlets of Laulagnit, Besses, Maisonneuve, le Viallard, Chamblancès, les Chazeaux, le Pradal and Ribalasse testify to the work and presence of the man in the past century.

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From January, 01 to December, 01, open daily.

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