Mailing address
76 cours Jean Giono
Reference contact
Pierre LABAN - Président
Email address
pierre.laban@noos.fr
Cabrières-d'Avignon
Association of Friends of the Heritage of Cabrières d’Avignon
Identify, restore and promote heritage in the municipality of Cabrières-d'Avignon.
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, Inventory, Pre-inventory
Description of past and future actions
With the help of the town hall, the association is assessing the heritage of Cabrières d’Avignon to help inventory it and evaluate its state of preservation:
- the church and its contents
- water system, wash houses and fountains
- the plague wall
- the forest (natural heritage)
Restoration
The objective of dry stone restoration is to preserve and rehabilitate these ancestral constructions, ensuring their integrity and durability.
What kind of actions?
Participatory worksite
Description of past and future actions
- restoration of parts of the plague wall
- restoration of collapsed mines
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, Conferences, Training
Description of past and future actions
The association has organised and will continue to organise conferences on the plague wall and water mining systems.