📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Fericy is a village in the Essone region, with traces of human life going back up to 6000 years ago. It is said that the village's water spring possess exceptional healing qualities and help in easing childbirth. These waters have attracted many people through out the ages, quenched the thrist of numerous travellers and supposedly helped give birth to Louis XIV 9 months after his mother Anne of Austria had drunk from the water spring of Fericy. Nowadays Fericy, whose name comes from a Roman who settled in the area (Fericius or Fericiatus) is a still inhabited small village. The church of Saint Osmane has witnessed many centuries of the village's rich history, yet the surrounding outer wall has collapsed.
💼 What the programme involves
The project, with the support of locals from Fericy, consists of refurbishing the stone wall and to clear the vie of the church and its park, in order to properly display its historical heritage. During the simple masonry work, you will be working alongside the village volunteers, who have organised themselves to refurbish the village centre, called « Domaine de la Salle ». The wall renovations is just the first of many steps in a much larger project of conservation and promotion of this natural and historical jewel.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be accommodated in the village hall provided by the municipality. Bring a sleeping bag. Meals will be prepared by the team of volunteers.
📍 About the location
Fericy is located at the crossroadof severalhiking trails, notablt the trail of 3 castles, which will allow you to discover the castles of the Seine and Marne region. Located a few minutes walking from the Seine, the village borders the largest forest in the Ile de France region, the Fontainebleau forest, where splendid ballads shall be carried out. Last but not least, by the banks of the Seine river during summer there will be a wide variety of cultural events, offering many aspects of French culture to discover and enjoy!