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Etape 2 - Ville-Vieille > Molines > Saint-Véran
Sport, Pedestrian sports, Hiking itinerary
in Château-Ville-Vieille
10.2
km
5h
Hard
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Crossing borders "In the footsteps of the Huguenots
Meet and mingle... For a day, a weekend, a week, a vacation...
A "reflective walk"... to discover the history of others and... your own history. -
HERITAGE
# Vallée des Aigues
The ascent towards Molines, along the left bank of the Aigue Blanche, is shaded by larch trees.
The most striking feature is the "Demoiselle coiffée", shaped by erosion. Up until the 1950s, the "demoiselle coiffée" had a similar "sister" who died for losing her hat!
A fairy chimney or capped damsel is a kind of large natural column made of fairly friable rock, generally sedimentary or derived from volcanic deposits, the top of which is protected and capped...> HERITAGE
# Vallée des Aigues
The ascent towards Molines, along the left bank of the Aigue Blanche, is shaded by larch trees.
The most striking feature is the "Demoiselle coiffée", shaped by erosion. Up until the 1950s, the "demoiselle coiffée" had a similar "sister" who died for losing her hat!
A fairy chimney or capped damsel is a kind of large natural column made of fairly friable rock, generally sedimentary or derived from volcanic deposits, the top of which is protected and capped by a rock of a different nature, much more resistant to the work of erosion.
# Molines-en-Queyras
Passing through the villages of La Rua and Le Serre de Molines, and arriving at Saint-Véran, you can appreciate the distinctive traditional architecture of the houses, with a low stone section housing the family and livestock, and the huge barns: "la fuste", built from larch trunks, with roofs of lauzes or larch shingles.
# Saint-Véran
Saint-Véran is best explored along its main street.
"The village where the roosters peck at the stars (2,040m)."
Europe's highest commune (2,040m), Saint-Véran is a must-see:
its 17th-century Baroque church, its traditional Protestant temple, its "Soum" housing museum, its mission crosses, its sundials...
# Mission crosses
A cross was erected each time a missionary came to bring the good news to the parishioners. Each cross, also known as a Passion Cross, bore the symbols of Christ's Passion.
- Departure
- Château-Ville-Vieille
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Difference in height
- 790.711 m
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Plain text period
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From 01/06 to 01/11/2025, daily.
Subject to favorable snow and weather conditions.
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Documentation
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- Etape 2 - Ville-Vieille > Molines > Saint-Véran
- Etape 2 - Ville-Vieille > Molines > Saint-Véran_Château-Ville-Vieille
- Sur les pas des huguenots
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- 791 meters of difference in height
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- Maximum altitude : 1950 m
- Minimum altitude : 1410 m
- Total positive elevation : 791 m
- Total negative elevation : -251 m
- Max positive elevation : 459 m
- Min positive elevation : -153 m
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