Cevennes
Cévennes
| D'Uzès, we must move towards Alès to take the road of the Cevennes. The Cevennes is a very special region with its memory and its landscapes. From time immemorial, the rebels have found refuge in the hills particularly Protestants persecuted. Formed by mountains whose Mount Aigoual, which rises to 1567 m and the 1702m at Mount Lozere separated by long valleys where there are hidden treasures. The largest part of the territory cévenol is classified national park and biosphere reserve. |
| It is also a land of contrasts with landscapes of hills whose slopes are covered with chestnut and oak trees and desert landscapes as the Causse Méjan whereabouts reserves Bisons and Przewalski horses from landscapes are Mongolie.Les extraordinary if one takes the road that crosses all Cévennes of Alès in Mende through Florac the spectacle of mountains that flank cross by breathtaking by force wild they emit. |
| Farther west road leads on the Causse Méjan, large dry and arid plateau planted menhirs who say the memory of the men of ancient times. The plateau has a spell by the immensity of space which nest in hollow protected buildings whose architecture made of slate is impressive. In all Cévennes there are roads that lead to hidden places where nature is very present, very much alive with waterfalls or terraces on the side of hills furnished by stubborn people. The Cevennes are traversed by the Tarn which takes its source, passes through the village of Bridge and widening Monvert magnificent gorges from St. Enimie. A little further down the valley Jonte where vultures fly. |
