Association
Contact person
Larcena Danièle
E-mail address
larcena@wanadoo.fr
Landline telephone
04 90 20 71 82
Address
986 chemin du Pigeolet
84800 Saumane
Knowledge of dry stone involves researching, identifying and documenting heritage features.
What kind of actions?
Identification
Pre-inventory
Database
Description of past and future actions
PAST
pre-inventories of the bories of Saumane, Le Beaucet, La Roque, Cabrières, Fontaine de Vaucluse captured in a comic strip
pre-inventories of water systems in Cabrières, Saumane, drainage galleries in Cabrières
terraced development of the Tapy valley
survey of the Mur de la peste 27km
participation in pre-inventories of Malemort du Comtat and Méthamis (Volubilis)
FUTURE
participation in the survey of dry-stone constructions in the communes of the Parc du Ventoux
participation in the identification of water systems in the communes of the Parc du Ventoux (Volubilis)
preparation of an RDBMS (Relational Database Management System) for all pre-inventories (Volubilis)
The aim of dry stone restoration is to preserve and rehabilitate these ancestral structures, ensuring their integrity and durability.
What kind of actions ?
Site
Participative construction site
Description of past and future actions
A number of projects have been carried out since 1984.
- Restoration of local roads: Saumane: 1985 - 1986 - 1995 - 1996 - 2004
- Reconstruction of a rock shelter and creation of a calade in Saumane. : 1988 - 1989 - 1990- 1991 - 1992 - 1998
- 1992- Restoration of huts. La Roque sur Pernes : 1992
- 1990- restoration of a drainage gallery at Cabrières d'Avignon:
- 1999- Surveying course at the Steiner School (Germany): mapping the terraces of the Tapy valley in Saumane.
- 2005- restoration of the Milan fountain in Saumane
- 2010- low walls, château car park, Saumane
- 2011- reconstruction of the Marculy ewer
- 2013 - reconstruction of the wall supporting the sculpture trail of the Mira, Velorgues, L'Isle sur la Sorgue association.
Since 1986, the "Pierre Sèche en Vaucluse" association has been surveying the "Muraille de la Peste", as well as restoring parts of it that are accessible to walkers.
- Workcamps in 1987 - 1988 - 1989 - 1990 - 1992 - 1995 - 1996 - 1997 - 2000 - 2002
Enhancing the value of dry stone involves sharing its cultural and historical wealth with the public through various means of communication and education.
What kind of actions ?
Trail creation
Exhibitions
Lectures
Description of past and future actions
2002: creation of a 27km "Sentier Historique" (historical trail) along the Mur de la Peste (plague wall), approved as a GRP (long-distance footpath) for most of its length, as part of the Conseil Général's tourist network.
Exhibitions: "Les galeries drainantes de Cabrières", "Le Mur de la Peste conte l'histoire", "les murs et les systèmes d'eau".
2004: 3 information plaques on the Muraille de la Peste (Plague Wall) installed at the Col de la Ligne, in collaboration with the ONF.
2020: 3 information desks on the history and description of the wall at Bourbourin.
Events :
1989- environmental festival in Saumane, 1991- Fête de la Muraille de la Peste,
1997- "Inventions and discoveries" exhibition by Alain Barnaud and Pierre Marquet at the Marculy rock shelter.
1999- Plastic works by the Ecole d'Art d'Avignon on the plague wall
2004 - 20th anniversary of Pierre Sèche, château de Saumane
2009 - heritage festival at Saumane château
Numerous presentations to schools
Numerous talks to associations (in particular the poetry caravan every year with the association "Trace de poète" and rallies with the association Litera) or various groups in the field or in the form of conferences.
Numerous guided walks
books, articles, documents
1993- "La Muraille de la Peste" published by Alpes de Lumière, reprinted 2007
2003- "The line in the landscape: geographical walks around the Mur de la Peste".
Various inventory notebooks
a large number of articles
2 leaflets + various information documents
Description of the type of heritage on which the association works
Caladés rural paths
Paths lined with dry stone walls
Terrace layouts
Valley bottom dike walls
Improvements to the walls
Aiguiers
Tanks
Fountains, wash-houses
Drainage galleries, covered ditches
