Agricultural terraces

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, 04120 Castellane
Please note that the nearest station is more than
From the 13th century, the city of Petra Castellana was gradually deserted following an attack by the Count of Provence in 1262, but also because people would rather live in the village bellow which was more convenient
However the whole site was then used for agriculture until the middle of the 20th century. As the city had been built on a system of terraces, it was facing south and there were lots of available stones, it proved easy to turn the site into farming lands.

If you look at the landscape, you can see these terraces. They are a series of successively receding flat surfaces that we call ‘restanques’ in Provence. They were supported by dry-stone terrace walls (no mortar) and they were evenly...

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Agricultural terraces
, 04120 Castellane
Please note that the nearest station is more than
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