A voyage through Gévaudan and the Causses
In March 2020, I took a three-week photo trip through some parts of central France, mostly in the Causses region. These photos are part of the selection of shots from that trip.
The priory of Saint-Jean-de-Balmes (or “des-Balmes”) on the Causse Noir was founded by Benedictine monks around Year 1000, and subsequently fortified both against bad weather and passing people up to no good. It is now mostly in ruins, having been pillaged during the Wars of Religion. Volunteers take care of it, have rebuilt the top of the bell tower and put a new roof on it.
Those ruins are delightful and very atmospheric, especially out of season, when one is all alone up there... Of course, at times like that, it is better not to remind oneself of the priest that was assassinated there in 1630, and whose soul may still be haunting the place...
A voyage through Gévaudan and the Causses
In March 2020, I took a three-week photo trip through some parts of central France, mostly in the Causses region. These photos are part of the selection of shots from that trip.
The priory of Saint-Jean-de-Balmes (or “des-Balmes”) on the Causse Noir was founded by Benedictine monks around Year 1000, and subsequently fortified both against bad weather and passing people up to no good. It is now mostly in ruins, having been pillaged during the Wars of Religion. Volunteers take care of it, have rebuilt the top of the bell tower and put a new roof on it.
Those ruins are delightful and very atmospheric, especially out of season, when one is all alone up there... Of course, at times like that, it is better not to remind oneself of the priest that was assassinated there in 1630, and whose soul may still be haunting the place...