📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
How would you like to revive the old cobbled road of a small historic village? Rosans is a very beautiful site to appreciate the stone streets of a village nestled between the Alps and Provence! Open your eyes wide to the flora and fauna, take a deep breath, the air here is as pure as the sky!
On the outskirts of the village, the inhabitants have created a dense network of paths and canals irrigating the gardens and meadows. The work involves a set of dry stone walls located on the edge of a communal road near the village. This path, which corresponds to the old Nyons path and now connects the village to the site of the Rosans lake, is very popular in the summer. The path of about 2 km, is quite shaded and very pleasant; it offers a panoramic view over the valley with the Clavelière and Vanige mountains in the south, as well as Mont Risou in the east, in the background.
The two previous years, the municipality hosted an international youth workcamp over 2 weeks as well as a few participatory workcamps lasting 2 to 3 days. The participants discovered the technique of dry stone masonry through the creation of a calade and the restoration of the breaches in the retaining wall of the path.
💼 What the programme involves
In 2021 we will continue to build the calade over the entire width of the path in order to level the slope and thus avoid any stagnation of the water. The part installed to collect the flow from the source will also be enlarged in order to better direct the flow during heavy rain events. The retaining walls on the linear will also be repeated along the path to the right of the breaches and collapses of the wall. It is with a skilled heritage workcamp leader who is passionate about dry stone masonry that we will be able to discover this restoration technique and the hidden treasures of Rosanais' heritage.
🏠 Accommodation on site
We will be accommodated in tents at the Paul Bert holiday village and will have access to all the centre's facilities. A facilitating team will be present to accompany the participants in the organisation of collective life during the two weeks of the camp : planning housekeeping tasks, developing menus and preparing meals alternately, organizing recreational activities and outings. The purchase of local products will be prioritized, and everyone will come with their own ideas, talents, and tips and tricks to help prepare the meals.
📍 About the location
The land of sunshine and amazing flavors, the provençale Baronnies massif is a good living personified where we can enjoy outdoor activities in the heart of nature while also just lounging around ! Not far from Rosans, we will be able to explore numerous sites : the Saint André de Rosans priory, Saint-Genis mountain, Clavelière mountain, the village of Rosans, the geological curiosity « dinosaur eggs » etc. The Saint May canyons, located closeby, house an important colony of vultures (wild vultures, black vultures, bearded vultures, egyptian vultures) that one can observe easily while hiking a trail that offers spectacular panoramic views of the canyon and the massifs of Baronnies. To refresh ourselves, the lake of Rosans is only a ten minute walk away from the village and is a great escape for those looking to relax.