The underground world is a source of legends and mysterious stories, the domain of spirits, gods or the dead. It fascinates, frightens and intrigues.
But for those who push open the doors of this little-known heritage, a diversity of vernacular architecture opens up, demonstrating the unique know-how of our ancestors in working the rock to adapt it to their needs. Whether as a home for the poor or the rich, a refuge for the strong or the weak, a place of worship or an economic development area, rock has been carved with picks all over France to create an architecture that allows for every kind of daring. This talk will explore the richness of this architecture, focusing on south-eastern France.
Led by Denis Allemand, university professor and scientific director of the Centre Scientifique de Monaco, the Principality of Monaco's research institute.
