Marassan - la Bleue on mountain bike

Nice view of the Lombard valley. To the right, we see Mounts Serre de l'Aigle and Petit Rochebrune at the bottom of the valley.

Often attached to Catholicism, oratories have their roots in pagan religions. In fact, the menhirs, totems, Roman lararia, fountains and sacred trees are certainly their ancestors. It was not until the Middle Ages that the transition began. In fact, the locals were not inclined to give up their beliefs in favour of a new religion. The church emissaries, looking to convert the population in a gentle manner, will at first build a cross on the sites of existing cults. This is the beginning of the integration of the new religion which took centuries.

Going up the forest trail, views of the Guil valley reveal themselves. In the background, you can see the peaks of La Plate and Croseras bounded by the Dent du Ratier mountain. Closer, on the right, the peak of Agrenier overlooks the Guil valley.

Water always finds a way! It seeps into the ground, it moves, it erodes and carves. When the rocks are too hard, the water turns away and looks for an easier way. By its actions, the water erodes rocks and dissolved minerals and carries them away in an anarchic movement. Enriched with gypsum and limestone, water can be in the open here. The limestone will bring forward and trap all kinds of elements (leaves, pines, dead branches).)