The Troglodyte Valley of Goupillières
The Troglodyte Valley of Goupillières
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The Troglodyte Valley of Goupillières
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June 4, 2023
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From the Middle Ages until the last century, peasants from Tours lived in these troglodyte farms.
At that time, the poor people only had their arms for wealth and began to dig the tufa hills to make it their living environment and extract this beautiful limestone which will be used for centuries for the construction of beautiful residences and castles of the Loire.
All the peasants were quarrymen and worked on the extraction of freestone in order to build the castles.
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