📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Sometimes called the “small pointevine Switzerland” the municipality Béruges is home to vestiges of prehistoric, gallo-roman, and Merovinginan times. A dynamic municipality, Béruges highlights its historic riches today thanks to its archaeological garden where one can admire gallo-roman vaults and lapidary elements. The garden also has an archaeological museum that bears witness to daily life in the past (ceramics, decorative and grooming items, tools, etc.) and hosts discovery trails: ancient paths, monumental gallo-roman walls, vantage points...It's within this context that the Béruges municipality, a partner of the association for the past 3 years, wishes to relaunch their partnership with Maison des Bateleurs – Solidarité Jeunesse, in order to host an international workcamp that continues the renovation of Maison Bourdin which is set to become a place that highlights the municipality's heritage.
With this project, you will be actively working for the Sustainable Development Goal n°11 from the United Nations: Sustainable Cities and Communities
💼 What the programme involves
Supervised by a technical advisor specialized in the resizing of stone, you'll work on the restoration of Maison Bourdin, and more specifically on the low walls that surround the house across from the archaeological garden. You'll conduct traditional masonry work where you'll be able to become familiar with techniques like de-grouting and re-grouting with lime mortar, and resizing traditional stone.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Under tents, in the garden of the former presbytery at the heart of the municipality. Food will be provided to you and meals will be prepared alternately by participants as needed.
📍 About the location
Location: Béruges, département de la Vienne, 12km from Poitiers
Leisure activites: Volunteers of the association, friends of Béruges, and residents will accompany you in the discovery of the rich historical and environmental heritage of the municipality and its surroundings that are teeming with ancient and trodoglytic sites. Activities and excursions will be organized according to your wants, with the help of the residents of the municipality. You'll also have the opportunity to attend local festivities, night markets, and visit large cities like La Rachelle or Poitiers, but also the amusement park Futuroscope.