The gard department

Visit the gard department and discover its historical heritage and typical villages.

Valliguieres - charming village from the 12th century  Located between Remoulins and Pouzilhac, this charming village of the XII° offers his shaded place to you where runs a fresh water fountain. The name of Valliguières (Valle Aqua: valley of water) appears for the first time into 896. It is in full one hundred year old war (1392) that the community installed on the hill surrounds itself by walls. The Roman vestiges of the old fortifications of the village and the Romance vault constitute an invitation at rest. Its economic activity is primarily wine. To see: The old center: laundrette of Valliguières to engage in the strengthened lanes and to admire the ogival church, “The Large one Make” dating from the XII° century feeds out of water Valliguières, Strengthened castle is quoted in 1295, With not missing: The Romance vault Saint Pierre is built on a Roman oppidum whose vestiges are still visible, The way of Cross, The church, The bell-tower.

Discover theziers  Village perched between the valley of the Rhone and the lower course of Gardon, Théziers is dominated by the robust silhouette of its church. High place strengthened at the time Roman under the name of TEDUSIA, its name comes to him from the Greek: THEDIS = construction. Today disappeared, another village VOLPILLIERES is founded after Ier century with the foot of Castelas (old extremely) close to the Aramon road in Remoulins by which the trade was done towards and by the Rhone (wearing of Vinestock). It is at the edge of this road that the vault Saint Lover (XIIè S.) rises. This pretty rural village practised the breeding of the silkworm until 1918 and the culture of the garance (red dyeing). Fruit-bearing arboriculture, the vine and the olive-tree remain the major resources currently, industry tuilière, activity which perdurait since Antiquity having ceased in 1975 with the profit of Fournès. To see: Streets around the church and beautiful houses, Sight of the carpark under the church, Visit the very beautiful one and interesting church Saint Gregoire (XIIè beginning in XIXè S.) made of 3 churches of which 2 are superimposed. With not missing: Chapelle Saint Lover (XII ème.) was possession of the Abbey of St Victor of Marseilles, Annual mass votive on November 4, Sight of the ruins of Castelas on the height at the exit of Théziers towards Fournès, The GR42 which goes on Montfrin and Comps or Domazan, Saze and Rochefort of Gard.

Sernhac - village of bullfighting traditions  Village perched and strengthened by the Romans, Sernhac and its Madonna take care on the low valley of Gardon. Thanks to the restoration of the village, one rediscovers through his soil, of his narrow lanes and his medieval frontages, his architectural and cultural richness. The principal economic activity of this village is fruit-bearing agriculture, such a wine (Twyers-side). The village is also marked by the traditions taurines. To see: The church Saint Saver The Sarrasines doors, Laundrette, The small valley of Escaunes and Cantarelles, aromatic garden, Panorama on the valley of Gardon, With not missing: Apricot “the Mullet of Sernhac” around on June 20 celebrates, Votive festival around on August 15 Nights of the pampelune, Roman tunnels underground part of the aqueduct of Uzès in Nimes. In the north of the village, located on the Route of excursion of the aqueduct. Hiking trails of the GR6

Saint-hilaire d'ozilhan  Near to the Bridge of Gard, in an environment of vines and garrigues, the current village is built in the plain on the plan of an always visible quadrilateral (ramparts). Two doors and a round tower with each angle, (of which one always remains). Village, one can see on the hill the ruins of the medieval castle (Castelas) whose materials were used for the construction of the current village. The economic activity is primarily related to the production of wine of the Coasts of the Rhone. To see: Ruins of medieval Castelas of XVème century “The old” church of XVème century and its Gothic vaults, today general-purpose conference room, The frontage of the town hall of the XIXème century in the enclosure of the village, The laundrette (way of Claux), The tower of the Mill of Aure (old windmill), The many crosses of mission which mark out the ways, The vault St Etienne of Clastre first Romance age, Landscapes of garrigues and vineyards With not missing: GR. 63 of Avignon to the Bridge of the Gard which crosses the village, The vault St Etienne of Clastre of the first Romance age in the South, The laundrette with two cylindrical basins with a central laundrette, and its fountain in the shape of mausoleum which collects water of several sources, The votive festival of July.

Saint-bonnet du gard, a village on the avignon/nimes axis  The village is located in a combe and on the axis Avignon Nimes. It overhangs the crossing of Gardon with Remoulins. The village was on the old road of the salt and near its place of routing in Remoulins. The producing monks of salt Psalmodi close to Acute Dead built the church in IXème century and it was strengthened in XIVème century. The economic activity is marked by the production of wine, olive oil and developed craft industry. To see: The church “Primitive Novel” construction IX ème century strengthened since 1356 The Tower of the clock and its bell-tower. Paved calades and streets (gone up to the church) The fountain and the laundrette 1806 Napoleon 1st Martyrdoms With not missing: Excursion route Roman Aqueduct, Small Excursions: PR Picturesque visit of the village to the narrow lanes and the many elements of architecture Panorama since the church (valley of the Rhone, road of Nimes).

Pouzilhac - typical village from the languedoc-roussillon region  Northern Gate of the territory of Intercommunalité, Pouzilhac is located on the old Roman way of Nimes at Albas (Ardeche). Dazzled light in its hollow of scrubland, it is a typically Languedocien village, which was inhabited as of Antiquity. The Romans left many traces of their occupation. Rural village marked primarily by activities devoted to agriculture and particularly to the wine activity. To see: Turn of Ramparts (IMH) XII° and ramparts. Church XIX°: Funerary Latin inscription 1° embedded in the wall of the frontage, Restored monuments, Remainders of fortifications, With not missing: Castle extremely partly XIV°, altered XVIII-XIV, The district of Méjade, in the west of the village, gathers the majority of the gardens of the commune. All the gardens have a well,

Vers pont du gard   Located at the immediate proximities of the Pont du Gard and the Gorges du Gardon, the village of Vers Pont du Gard was inhabited as of the prehistoric time then by the Romans. The construction of the current village begin with a monastery and some houses around the church. The village comprises important quarries stone exploited of long date and which was used to the Romans to build the Pont du Gard. The economic activity of the village is marked by an industrial activity and in particular by the exploitation of the stone quarries. To see: The laundrettes (three) The Vault St hones Stone quarries Prehistoric caves (Balauzière, Salpétrière) The church (murals, sculptor, tables) The Tower of the clock With not missing: Pont du Gard (proximity of the careers limestones), Other vestiges of the Roman aqueduct, The Castle of St Privas 12th century, Renaissance, XVII and XVIII ème century Excursion of the route Aqueduct, Passage of PR (small excursion), Way of the martyrdoms, The votive festival of August,