Saint-Julien-the-Rose trees

Geography

History

Born in 1955 from the marriage enters the village of Saint-Julien and the hamlet of the Rose trees; Julien saint, the oldest village of the commune, is hitherto called " Saint-Julien-of-Valgalgues". On the heights of the village is the oldest vestige: the dolmen of Peyro Blanco, collective burial of the final Neolithic era.

The first church of Saint-Julien was built at the 11th century. Two parts of side walls, like six inébranlables buttresses, which one can to always see, testify to the architecture of this time. The current church, whose enlarging precedes the Latin, interesting cross from its interior, its paintings and its tower in frontage, is being purer Romance style. The sanctuary is not any more with the East but in the occident of the church. Above the tympanum the statue of Julien Saint is, owner of the parish.

With the foot of the source of the Font, the abbey of Our-Lady-of-Font also dates the XI and 12th centuries. (private property, nonworth visiting) Its church of style romano-Byzantine, belongs to second period of the Christian architecture of the Middle Ages. This antique abbey, having flowered and having thrived during six hundred years, was the object of the attentions of kings de France and attracted very many pious Christian women who were young girls resulting from high and noble families of the area of Went. Religious life and parochial was then in full blooming.

The local economy was, initially, based on the products exits of agriculture. (cereals, vineyards then mulberry trees and breeding of the silkworm) The manufacture of vitriol until 1700 like exploitation of the iron ore for the blast furnaces of Tamaris (Forging mills of Went) and of the pyrite for company of chemicals of Salindres were, until 1895, essential economic activities. These exceptional richnesses resulting from the basement will give with the country in 1793 the name of " Julien saint Mines".

About 1900, the improvement of the Trunk road 104 (become since RD 904), allowed with the Rose trees to develop. But of other hamlets compose the village: Caussonille, Courlas, Castling, Arbutus-berry.

In spite of an industrial past ostentation, St Julien Rose trees knew to remain an accessible village.

Sources: - History of St Julien de Valgalgues (the Taulelle Abbot) Lacour- edition - My village in the Cevennes formerly (Red-headed Roger) - -www.cevennes-ceze.org - Copyright © 2004-2005 CEVENNES LOU PITCHOU
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Saint-Julien-the-Rose trees on the site of the national geographical Institute
Saint-Julien-the-Rose trees on the site of INSEE
Saint-Julien-the-Rose trees on the site of Quid
Localization of Saint-Julien-the-Rose trees on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Saint-Julien-the-Rose trees on Mapquest

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