📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Get involved in Limeuil’s medieval heritage, a small village in Dordogne region’s center.
Limeuil is a village of steep lanes with a medieval history. The village lived through many ages but the Middle Age left a very special touch. Hillside village, it provides a very beautiful panoramic view from the landscaped garden. The identity of the village is also build on knowledge and know-how maintained through centuries like: basketry, weaving and vegetal dyeing. This summer the project will be the renovation and reinforcement of the village’s ramparts to avoid their collapsing.
💼 What the programme involves
This year, you will start the renovation of the village’s rampart. A first one is sagging and must be fixed very soon to avoid it to fall down. You will use traditional stonework to disassemble and rebuild the wall. Another part of the workcamp will be to clean the area where some ramparts already collapse years ago and to rebuild them.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be staying on the municipal stadium ground. Tents for 2 will be provided. Please bring your floor mat and your sleeping bag. There will also be a collective tent for cooking and diverse activities. You will share collective tasks and prepare meals as a group. You will also have to manage a budget provided by the group facilitators and participate in grocery shopping, favoring healthy and local foods.
📍 About the location
Limeuil (350 inhabitants) is located in the Dordogne County, 40km far from Bergerac.
⚠️ Requirements
Bring clothes, gloves and work shoes, a raincoat, hiking shoes and a swimsuit. The nights can be cool; so take warm clothes and a good sleeping bag. You can also take recipes from your country, musical instruments and games!
Foreigners belonging to the European Union must bring with them a 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:
Lalinde train Station
Closest airport:
Toulouse or Bordeaux