ZIP 34700
Canton of Caylar
Altitude: 315m
Surface: 3212ha
137 inhabitants,
Pégairollais
Canton of Caylar
Altitude: 315m
Surface: 3212ha
137 inhabitants,
Pégairollais
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This village, that you can see since A75, is registered with
the sites inventory on October 8, 1968 .With the threshold of Causse of Larzac, dominated by an imposing cliff, Pégairolles of Escalette is nested in a breach where formerly the road of wool passed. The village preserved its medieval character. The frame is dense and the dwellings leaned the one with the others draw continuous frontages which accompany the visitor. . The medieval village, mentioned in 1210 like Castrum, is built mainly on left bank of Lergue.Its tortuous streets are bordered of houses to the narrow and unequal frontages. The moon delles, the 15 or 16th century shows a corbelling which would have sheltered the communal oven. Any narrow passages are covered dune arches. In the field of the village, the enclosure drawing is still visible. There remain some vestiges of this one. Not far from the castle, one finds a cross monumental of the 17th century, with the calcareous stone base. The Castle of the 17th century draws up its imposing mass at the top of the village. It was built on site from strong castle of 12th of which there remain the vestiges of the keep. It's a vast quadrilateral whose three angles are made of round towers. The interior court is bordered west by a frontage with staged galleries. One will notice high a courtine there Romance. It's a private property. Church St Jean the Evangelist should date from the 17th century. It was altered at the 18 and 19th century. It comprises a nave with 5 spans, arched in cradle and a flat bedside. |