📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Come and discover « La Mère Église », one of the oldest chapels of Hautes-Alpes ! Every summer, it's stones dance to the music of musicians coming from different parts of the world for the Music Festival of Dévoluy. Built in a roman architectural style, the chapel is located in the community of Saint Disdier amid the mountain range of Dévoluy. Named as a historical monument in 1927, La Mère Église was built by the Clusien monks. Witness to the implementation of a monastic life amid a mountainous region, the chapel also represents the modest proportions of roman art, whose research is dedicated to symbols, the ties between the visible and the invisible, the passing from a materialistic life, therefore the beyond, and to human nature. Its stone bell and its thatched roof, give it its charm. In the interior, one can admire it's magnificent frescoes.
💼 What the programme involves
The remains of multiple fortified buildings dating back to the period of religious wars, the cemetery, and the chapel of « Giscons », also known as La Mère Église, are located in a restrictive place. In 2017, a first international workcamp began clearing and restoring the remains of the ancient site on the northern part of the site. This year, you will intervene by continuing this work and by restoring another part of the site. This will be your opportunity to learn traditional techniques of masonry work, and to discover the proper functioning of this building that survived different wars.
🏠 Accommodation on site
In tents at the Saint-Étienne campground in Dévoluy, located 7 km from the workcamp site. The entertainment group will be there to help you participate in the community's life (cleaning, dish-washing, and organizing outings), but also to prepare meals using local products.
📍 About the location
Saint Disdier en Dévoluy (31 km from Veynes).
Leisure activities : The Dévoluy Valley offers numerous outing possibilities. According to your tastes and desires, from being on the mountains (there are 200 km of hiking trails, multiple rock-climbing sites, and canyoning, to enjoying activities organized by the leisure center of Superdévoluy). You will also be able to visit heritage sites and go on walking tours to discover villages on hills, farms, and sheepfolds.