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Reading life in rocks

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About the project

Reading life in rocks

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Coordinació Rural de Catalunya, CRUC, is an educative, social action, non profit Organization which Works to develop projects and initiatives in the rural areas in Catalonia. Besides, it works with European and international projects. To achieve its goals count with agreements from Generalitat de Catalunya.

💼 What the programme involves

Participants will work in two actions: (I) Municipality of Talarn o Adjustment of the environment in the lime kiln, introducing security measures to prevent falls. In the same way, a path will be drawn to help reach it from the main road for a more accessible route. o Cleaning of the vegetation debris that has grown inside the oven, as well as the immediate environment in order to make the heritage element visible. o Take runes off from the part of the entrance to the lime oven. o Prepare informative sheets that illustrate how lime ovens were used and their usefulness (II) Municipality of Salàs (historical heritage) - Recovery of the old (medieval) road with a double action: o To clean all the vegetation that has made the road completely impassable o Recover the dry stone walls that followed much of the way, using traditional methods. o Include this path in the route of "the route of the hermitages" opening a new one, by the north, that connects with the track that leads to the hermitage of Sant Pere Màrtir o Carry out actions aimed at completing archeological excavations and the restoration of existing architectural elements, always with the approval of the Department of Culture (adaptation of the area to the accumulation of building material for reuse, planimetry of the area and structures, ...) At the end of each action a geocache will be added on the worked areas.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Participants are going to stay in one youth hostel called Alberg de Talarn: http://www.albergdetalarn.com/wp/ Participants have in one room where there are 12 bunk beds with shelves to store. There is one kitchen on the 3rd floor however participants don’t cook because the Lodge proportioned the meals. If someone is vegetarian or have some allergies is important to notify on the application form.

📍 About the location

Visit to Epicentre in Tremp. This visitor centre of the Pallars Jussà region is the main tourist information in the area and a space that shows the values of the local cultural and natural heritage. Visit to Salàs of Pallars shops- Museum: guided tour for different ancient stores. Conca Dellà Museum. Is the only one about natural science museum in the province of Lleida. Visit to the Talarn medicinal plants garden. Sant Antoni Lake and canoes. One afternoon, participants can goes by canoe to see the beautiful place and enjoy sportive and ludic activity. This activity could have an extra fee. Day trip to Vall Fosca. By private bus participants will reach in la Vall Fosca Cable car and visit to Montsec Astonomic Parc (COU).

ℹ️ Additional information

Comfortable clothes for the technical work.

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📅 Available sessions

CAT08

09/08/2020 → 23/08/2020

Closed
Volunteers registered 0 / 15
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ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–29 years old

Solidarity donation

0.00

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

25630 Talarn, Lleida, Spain

Spain

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Local currency

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🗣️ Languages spoken

English Spanish