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Troglodyte Village of Barry

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    1. Troglodyte Village of Barry – Troglodyte Village of Barry loop from La Bistoure

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    November 10, 2023

    In Vaucluse, the sites are more concentrated, more numerous and more diversified, Bollène has two troglodyte hamlets, ancient medieval villages. In the first, at Chabrières, where the habitat is completely ruined by collapses, the development was done by digging the so-called safre of Saint-Restitut, at the foot of the castrum. The second, Barry, inhabited until the 18th century, has dry stone facades protecting a complete layout entirely dug into the rock (kitchen, fireplace, sink stack, vegetable garden for heating food, alcoves, stable, stable, sheepfold, cellar, cistern, etc.)[19].

    In the lower Durance valley, in the cliffs of the southern foothills of the Luberon, the sites of Jas de Puyvert and Cabrières-d'Aigues show an ewer and a washhouse. At the heart of the Luberon massif, in the Aigue Brun valley, the Moulin-Clos cliff was built in the 5th century with hermit cells for the Cassianist monks of the Saint-Victor abbey in Marseille and, the fort of Buoux has a part entirely dug into the rock, the bastides of Beaumes and Chantebelle and the hamlet of Aiguiers in Sivergues also have troglodyte structures. In the Calavon valley, three castles in the Apt region present a large part of the troglodyte infrastructure. These are the castles of Milles, Roquefure and Rocher des Druides which, despite its name, is a medieval fort designed to accommodate troops, horsemen and mounts[20].

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      September 13, 2021

      Absolutely impressive dilapidated village that was continuously inhabited from the Early Stone Age until after the Second World War.

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        November 10, 2023

        Absolutely impressive dilapidated village that was continuously inhabited from the Early Stone Age until after the Second World War.

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          Location: Bollène, Avignon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France

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