📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Let the incomparable charm of Bassoues, a small medieval country-house surrounded by its ramparts, operate on you!
The first thing that knocks you out while entering the village for the first time is its splendidly preserved 43 meters high donjon, finished in AD 1371. A village with the typical medieval features with its fortifications and Saint Fris's legend, between myth and reality, which rocks his inhabitants for centuries. All the village is listed by the departments of Historical Monuments: a village to discover for nature and heritage lovers!
The village wishes to boost the actions of voluntary work along with the inhabitants; this first edition of international workcamp is an ideal opportunity for it! Together with a group of young locals that are committed every summer to small renovation works for a week, you will intervene in the heart of the village, on the reconstruction of a collapsed outer wall.
💼 What the programme involves
Rebuilding an outer wall in the village. You will unbuilt the last meter of the existing wall, then rebuild it entirely and joining it with the existing one. You will use traditional construction techniques.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be accommodated in tents, around a soccer stadium, with access to cloakrooms, toilets / shower and the kitchen of the clubhouse. You will participate in the preparation of the meals and shall favor the use of local products.
📍 About the location
Bassoues is a charming small village on the road of Ancient country-houses and Castelnaux city, It is also close to the city of Marciac, famous for its international Jazz festival and about 30 kilometers from the city of Auch.
Multiple cultural and sports activities await you there: Bal-musette or disco, outdoor cinema, fishing, rugby, local meals, hiking, theater evening, tennis and so on.
⚠️ Requirements
Consider taking work clothes and shoes (waterproof if possible, in case of rain).
Bring a warm sleeping bag and a good camping mat (sleeping in tent), nights are sometimes fresh and wet. Tents will be provided but you can also bring your own. Do not hesitate to bring specialties from home, photos, games, music instruments, etc.
Foreigners belonging to the European Union must bring their personal EHIC (European Health Insurance Card), and everybody must, in any case, bring their insurance certificate. If health issues happen on the project, volunteers will have to pay for it, and then be reimbursed once back in their home country.
ℹ️ Additional information
Meeting point:
Vic-Fezensac train station.
Closest airport:
Toulouse or Bordeaux airport.