4 Cabane,
South of France
Cabane is common name for the objects, located from
Monaco to Perpignan under Pirenee, on the North up to Lyon.
Cabane has a lot of faces: from rectangular groundplan to
circular, with stepped roof or parallel to the corbelling
itself. Near Gordes cabane can be found with two stores: longitudinal
and with ridged roof. Bell-shaped roof is not very rare.
Most of them have hearth in the corner, also with chimney
at the side.
A lot of cabanes are in use Today, and there are specialists
who can build new or can restore them for the use in vineyards.
Together with pagliaddius on Corse, cabanes are the most numerous
shelters in the Mediterranean.
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cabane
near Uzes, (Gard) 1998 |
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St
Quentin la Poterie (Gard) 2ooo |
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cabane
East of Gordes, Viens (Rousillon) |
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cabane
near Uzes, (Gard) 2ooo |
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cabane
near Gordes, Viens (Rousillon) 1998 |
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cabane
near Uzes (Gard) 2oo1 |
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cabane
near Viens (Rousillon) 1998 |
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