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La Salvetat-Sur-Agout

Slate-Clad Houses of La Salvetat-sur-Agout

La Salvetat-Sur-Agout

Slate-Clad Houses of La Salvetat-sur-Agout

Highlight • Historical Site

Slate-Clad Houses of La Salvetat-sur-Agout

Name: Slate-Clad Houses of La Salvetat-sur-Agout
Rating: 2

Recommended by 15 road cyclists

This Highlight is in a protected area

Please check local regulations for: Parc naturel régional du Haut-Languedoc

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Location: La Salvetat-Sur-Agout, Béziers, Occitania, France

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Best Road Cycling Rides to Slate-Clad Houses of La Salvetat-sur-Agout

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1. Loop of La Salvetat-sur-Agout

63.3km

03:27

1,250m

Expert road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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2. La Raviège Dam – Lac de la Raviège loop from Anglès

40.6km

02:02

650m

Intermediate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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3. La Raviège Dam loop from La Salvetat-sur-Agout

27.9km

01:26

470m

Intermediate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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Sébastien

October 15, 2022

It's worth driving to the place here. Nice cafes provide you with fresh energy

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Fabrice Rigalleau

May 12, 2023

Salvetat is not only sparkling water, one of the best-selling in France, owned by the Danone group, and whose source is located in the town. But it is also an old mountain village which was first established in the 12th century on a rocky peak surrounded by a meander of the Agout in order to ensure the safety of its inhabitants. The small city then developed little by little over the centuries, taking on the face we know today.

The old village is characterized by mountain architecture and its houses protected from rain and humid winds by slate shingles covering entire sections of walls. These protections from bad weather by vertical tiles are designated by the term “essentes” which are small planks of slate or chestnut cut, arranged and fixed to the walls or beams in order to protect a facade against the flow of water. Houses in the Middle Ages were thus quite often covered with essentes, and sometimes these essentes were painted or cut in such a way as to allow certain geometric combinations. There are many examples in the town of Salvetat-sur-Agout.

Although this makes the village look a bit dull and austere, it also gives it personality and rustic charm.
The village was also part of the association “Les Plus Beaux Villages de France”, but it is no longer labeled to this day.

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Location: La Salvetat-Sur-Agout, Béziers, Occitania, France

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Slate-Clad Houses of La Salvetat-sur-Agout

1. Loop of La Salvetat-sur-Agout

2. La Raviège Dam – Lac de la Raviège loop from Anglès

3. La Raviège Dam loop from La Salvetat-sur-Agout

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