LES JARDINS DE MONTESQUIEU

Around the XNUMXth and XNUMXth centuries, a logic of territory took off: Water management. The hydrographic context of the town has made it possible to create gardens and pastures on the water route. This is how structures such as irrigation canals were created with a multitude of basins along its route to store this precious liquid. If it is common to speak today of the gardens irrigated by the correc of Sant Cristau, the fact remains that other works have emerged; This is the case of the terraces on the correc of La Vallauria. Dry stone walls, of imposing size, partition the correc and prevent the erosion of the mountain by forming Devèzes (Word from the Occitan "devèse" designating different type of rural landscape, in particular packages with cows or sheep. It is an unmown pasture as opposed to the "Lou Prat" meadow which was mowed once a year). A Canal guides the water of La Vallauria.