Top 9 Caves 리비에르 쉬르 탄 주변

very nice hike but some difficult sections.

Built on the side of a cliff in a natural cirque, Saint-Marcellin, like Églazines, is a magnificent and emblematic site where humans have always adapted to nature to build their habitat. This troglodyte village thus preserves the remains of a rock fortification but also of jasses (caves converted into sheepfolds), a Caussenard house, a chapel, a bread oven...

La Baume du Boffi is one of the most impressive balms overlooking the Dourbie valley. Like many others, it was once converted into a sheepfold (jasse).

La Grotte des Paillasses, a converted balm (cave) from which a spring springs, is an ideal place to take a cool break.

The Grotte de l'Homme-Mort was the site of the discovery of several skeletons dating back to 2000 BC. Some skulls even showed signs of healing trepanation. In short, the first rudiments of surgery.

Les Arcs de Saint-Pierre are geological curiosities located in the heart of the former Gallo-Roman village of resin workers (professionals who bleed into the pines to harvest the resin). Between the tall pines that occupy the space, erosion has carved curious shapes in the limestone, opening up majestic arches. Nearby, there is a cave-burial where audacious trepanations were performed 3,500 years before our era. The shadows cast by the trees make it the perfect place for a break. However, be very respectful of this place considered as an archaeological jewel.

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The site of Saint Marcellin (alt. 730 meters) is located 4 kilometers northeast of the village of Mostuéjouls. Clinging to the cliffs of the Causse de Sauveterre, it overlooks the white waters of the Tarn river from a height of 400 meters. Saint Marcellin is best known since ancient times for its pilgrimages influencing the meteorology (people came there to ask for rain), to protect themselves from the plague (1653), for its chapel attested in 1400, for its beautiful source called miraculous determining which fixed the first inhabitants in this inhospitable place. A balm on a ledge, a cliff jump of 7 meters by 3 presumed to be the tomb of the saint (Balsan excavations in 1927 unsuccessful), must have added a sacred touch to the place. Finally, a “troglodyte castle” draws attention to the left as you leave the village. It consists of a wall that hermetically closes a cave located in the cliffs that border the Causse. Source: https://www.millavois.com