💼 What the programme involves
This project includes several technical goals:
Exterior work on all the facades to make the building (la poudriere) air-tight.
Rework of the whole of the cover of the adjoining outbuilding. (10 m2)
Construction of a buttress on the East façade.
We will work on this project 4 days a week from 8.30am to 12pm and from 2pm to 5.30pm, and you will be supervised by a technical facilitator. The site will benefit from archaeological follow up and monitoring.
🏠 Accommodation on site
2,3 or 4 person room with toilets. A cooking team will prepare the meals, not the volunteers, but help will be needed with at kitchen, setting the dining rooms and washing the dishes.
📍 About the location
Location: Tende, located 2 hours away from Nice by train. Very isolated in the mountain at 1500m above sea level, the site is a 10 kms from Tende and 50 kms away from Vintimille.
Leisure time: recreational activities will be divided in two areas. The first one, in accordance with the goal of the project, is to carry out, since the beginning of the stay, a comprehensive visit of this heritage site to better understand the project. The second will focus on the exploration of the region, and sports activities. The schedule will be set collectively: Discovery of Historic and cultural heritage of the region (Valley of Marvels and National Park, Medieval villages, Mediterranean coast,) formal and informal meetings with people involved in mountain life (Shepherds, chaperons, guest speakers proposed by the organization) participation in local cultural events (feasts and traditional festivities) participation in one or several sports activities (hiking, climbing, tree-climbing course, via ferrate…)
Two entire weekends and one day during the week will be allocated to these activities.
Closest train station: Tende
Airport: Nice