Our region : La Margeride
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A granite massif with soft lines, la Margeride stretches across three departments : Haute-Loire, Cantal and Lozère…
Alternating mountains, valleys, hills and plateaus, the landscape looks like a colored mosaïc made of dark pine trees, meadows, streams, moors, grey and ochre chaos, lakes and pastures…
La Margeride holds to its peasant identity reflected by beautiful villages with typical granite houses.
Willing to preserve its history, the region treasures its built heritage : Romanesque churches, castles, cathedrals…
For the anecdote, la Margeride was the tragic scene of the slaughters comitted by la Bête du Gévaudan at the end of the XVIIIIth century.
Salted meats, tripous, game, trouts, gudgeons, mushrooms, cheese (goat, cow or ewe), blueberries, nuts, honey…
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