Molières-Sur-Cèze: Holiday apartments and holiday homes
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Molières-sur-Cèze lies at the foot of the Cévennes and encompasses a wooded landscape with pine forests, cedar trees and chestnut groves. Marked hiking trails, newly laid out for visitors, are available within the municipality. For a stay in Molières-sur-Cèze, you may wish to make renting a holiday apartment your priority.
Nature
A circular hike to Château de Montalet is classified as difficult. It is 9.6 km long, involves 362 m of ascent and 362 m of descent, and is listed as taking 3 hr 30 min. The route starts and ends in Molières-sur-Cèze.
The circular hike follows the banks of the Cèze to the ridges overlooking Molières and offers views of Château de Montalet. The hike to Château de Montalet is accessible by public transport.
Culture
Château de Montalet is one of the largest feudal castles in the Cévennes; its fortification walls were originally flanked by seven towers. Château de Montalet is listed in the supplementary inventory of historic monuments.
Around the year 1000, the first terraces and dry-stone walls were built on the slopes of the Cèze; in the Cévenol dialect, they are called “faïsses”.
History
At the beginning of the 19th century, coal mining became the most important industrial activity in Molières-sur-Cèze. The route to Château de Montalet passes remnants of Molières-sur-Cèze’s prosperous mining past, including an old spoil heap that is now covered with pine trees.
From around 1600, the local pastoral economy turned to the cultivation of chestnut groves; the chestnut was known as the “bread tree of the Cévennes”.
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