Cazevieille
Cazevieille is known as the starting point for the easiest hiking route to the summit of the Pic Saint-Loup.
Built in the heart of the Causse de Viols, in an environment of garrigues still grazed by a herd of sheep, Cazevieille is one of the typical villages of this seemingly wild environment and yet endowed with an extraordinary biodiversity.
The village also has a rich historical past with numerous tumuli (Iron Age necropolises). The community's Romanesque church, once built at La Figarède, was remodelled in the 17th century and then abandoned in the mid-19th century for a new building erected in the present village, dominated by the two watchtowers of Tourrières.
The importance of the flocks of sheep until the Second World War explains the appearance of the landscape, which becomes white with asphodels in the spring. The garrigue is still very much alive here, punctuated by lavognes where the cattle used to drink and over which majestic birds of prey fly.
At the summit of the Pic, from where the panorama stretches out towards distant horizons, the small Saint-Joseph chapel stands near a monumental cross planted at the highest point (658 m).
The path is climbed every year by many pilgrims, keeping alive the legend that hangs over the Peak and the memory of Thieri Loup, Guiral and Clair...
Mairie de Cazevieille
151 Rue du Pic Saint-Loup
04 67 84 31 38
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Heritage and culture in Cazevieille
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Romanesque church (17th century)
- Saint Joseph Chapel
- Towers
- Neolithic station, Iron Age necropolis
- Visigothic tombs
- Dolmens
- Lavognes
- Viticulture: The commune is classified as AOP Languedoc and AOP Pic Saint-Loup
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du Grand Pic Saint-Loup in Cazevieille :