From the Camisards to the Resistance

History and culture

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Let the fountains, lanes, silk spinning-mills and bourgeois townhouses lead you through Lasalle’s wealth of history and secrets.

This walk starts from the centre of Lasalle, then climbs the heights above it, and finally crosses the village to join the right bank of the Salindrenque. Calades (cobblestoned sections of paths), mazets (small isolated stone cottages), crop terraces, spinning-mills and castles give a powerful sense of Cévenol history marked by resilience and stubbornness.

1 point of interest

History
Solier Castle
The downhill section to Lasalle goes past Solier Castle, built in the late 19th century. It has a large machicolated keep with an embrasure for a cannon, mullioned windows and gemel bays. The castles at Algues, Calviac, Cornély, Prades and Soulages are older, having been built from the 15th to the 18th centuries.

Description

Signposts will guide you all along this route, as well as yellow painted waymarks. In the description below, the signposted place names and/or directions are given in bold italics between quotation marks:

Starting from the tourism office, turn right onto Rue de la Croix.

1) At the first crossroads, “Fontaine de la croix”, turn left and follow "Le Col du lièvre".

2) Go uphill on small lanes and paths.

3) At the Mazet du Souvenir, continue uphill, then head right towards “Rocher de la lune”.

4) Once you are on the road at “Col du lièvre”, continue straight ahead.

5) At the crossroads, turn right then left onto the D 153d ; at the crossroads “Col de l’oursine”, take on your left “Lasalle”, then “Pont de fer”.

6) At the Grand’rue, cross it and take on your right the small Passage du Pont de Colognac. Walk along the stream and the sports fields, and follow “Pont vieux”.

7) Turn left to return to the crossroads of “Fontaine de la Croix”.

Return on Rue de la croix to the tourism office.

Departure : Lasalle
Arrival : Lasalle
Towns crossed : Lasalle and Saint-Bonnet-de-Salendrinque

Forecast

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Recommandations

Before committing yourself to a circuit, ensure that it is suitable for your activity level and ability. Remember that the weather changes quickly in the mountains. Take enough water. Please close all gates and barriers behind you.

Information desks

Tourism & national parc'house

Col de la Serreyrède, 30570 Val d'Aigoual

https://www.sudcevennes.com office-du-tourisme-causse@wanadoo.fr 04 67 82 64 67

The Maison de l'Aigoual houses the tourism office Mont Aigoual Causses Cévennes and the Maison du Parc national. This visitor centre provides information on and raises awareness of the Cévennes National Park, its sites and events as well as the rules that must be observed in the National Park's central zone.

On site: changing exhibitions, video projections, Festival Nature events and shop Open year-round

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Tourism office Mont Aigoual Causses Cévennes, Lassale

Centre Viala, rue de la Place, 30460 Lasalle

https://www.sudcevennes.com tourismelasalle@orange.fr 04 66 85 27 27

This office is part of the National Park's associated tourist-information network, whose mission is to provide information on, and raise awareness of, the sites and events as well as the rules that must be observed in the National Park's central zone. : Open year-round

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Transport

liO is the regional public transport service of the Occitanie/ Pyrénées – Méditerranée region. It facilitates everyone’s movements by prioritising public transport. For more information, call 08 10 33 42 73 or go to www.laregion.fr
(in term time).

Access and parking

From Anduze, drive towards St-Jean du Gard on the D 907; 1 km after the village of Thoiras, at the roundabout, turn left onto the D 57, continue for 10 km, then turn right towards Lasalle. Park in the village.

Parking :

Car park on the Place de la Mairie or behind the tourism office.