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Peyresq
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The hamlet of Peyresq stands out among the pine forests, the rocky cliffs and the snow-capped crests, with its old stonework houses and larch shingle roofs, as do the spectacular yellow cliffs that overlook the entrance to the village Paradise lost is here in Peyresq !
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work was requested by a certain principal of a Fine Arts school from Namur,
who fell under the spell of the village and bought his first house here
in 1952. He and a friend in the legal profession decided to rebuild Peyresq,
with the So for 30 years, bands of students, Belgian for the most part, worked in succesion to lift the village out its ruins. The work was carried out with the great concern to integrate the site and great respect for the village's spirit. To underline the humanist character of the project, each house was named after an artist or a scholar: Mistral, Newton, Alain, Darwin and Leonardo da Vinci. The village-museum of Peyresq is almost totally deserted in winter. It
comes to life in June, when it plays host to students from These activities, which have backing from the "Fondation Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc" and the "Pro Peyresq"association, are held in each of the restored houses in the village : meeting rooms and lecture rooms equipped with the latest technology,panoramic restaurant and rooms for roughly 70 people. Winter or summer, Peyresq deserves a visit: it would be odd if you did not meet one or two of the village's 4 (happy and smiling!) inhabitants: one will tell you its history while another opens the doors of the small Romanesque church for you, with absolute sobriety (he's the one who has the keys |
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