Mailing address
Hôtel de ville 56 avenue Docteur Tondut
Reference contact
Béatrice Veyrier - présidente
Email address
beatrice.veyrier@gmail.com
Malemort-du-Comtat
The Friends of Malemort and Escandihado
Types of initiatives
Knowledge sharing
Knowledge on dry stone involves research, inventory of the heritage and documentation, as well as sharing knowledge through training.
What kind of actions?
Detection, Pre-inventory
Description of past and future actions
Huts: 130 huts identified to date, mapping, condition assessment, restoration
Terrace retaining walls: restoration
Water systems: identification, mapping, restoration
Work sites: since 2017, enthusiastic volunteers have been meeting once or twice a week to rebuild dry stone structures, with the main focus on retaining walls.
Village centre: creation of a square by constructing a cobbled path
Restoration
The objective of dry stone restoration is to preserve and rehabilitate these ancestral constructions, ensuring their integrity and durability.
What kind of actions?
Worksite, Participatory worksite
Description of past and future actions
Restoration of retaining walls, huts, water troughs, and cobblestone pavements.
Promotion
The promotion of dry stone involves sharing its cultural and historical richness with the public through various means of communication and education.
What kind of actions?
Trail creation, Exhibitions, Conferences, Training
Description of past and future actions
Discovery:
– Marking and signposting of three discovery trails featuring numerous huts and terraces (available on the municipal website: patrimoine-malemort.fr)
– organisation of storytelling or musical walks
Collaboration with several organisations:
– OPUS-APARE for international youth volunteer projects and Erasmus+ operations
– VOLUBILIS and Pierre Sèche en Vaucluse for an exchange of expertise with Croatia in 2022 and support for our water systems project
– organisation of training courses for volunteers