Common over 11 600 inhabitants, located in the Gard, in the heart of the Great Site of France of the Gard Camargue, Vauvert takes place about twenty kilometers from Nîmes and its famous arenas. It is also near the charming medieval town of Aigues-Mortes known for its ramparts.
First, there was Posquières, cultural and religious home where Christians and Jews lived in harmony. A shrine, Our Lady of Valvert, was a place of pilgrimage alongside a synagogue with a rabbinical school of great fame in the Jewish world. It developed in this country valley Oc, at the eastern end of the county of Toulouse, just a way of life.
Vauvert would keep its current name of the sanctuary located in the Middle Ages, at the junction of Rue Carnot and Rue Saint Gilles, sanctuary dedicated to the Virgin Mary.
"Valle verdi", becoming Notre Dame's "Val Verde" and Vauvert, gradually supersede Posquières around the fourteenth - fifteenth century, when the Jews were expelled from France by King Philip IV the Fair. From the sixteenth to the eighteenth century, the city adheres to the Reformation. Protestants and Catholics oppose, causing the disappearance of the finest monuments of the place. Today Vauvert asserts its identity between vineyards and reed beds.
The city also has a rich architectural heritage to discover during a visit to the region.
Completely rebuilt in the late seventeenth century, the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption reveals a very sober architecture and was the place of baptism of the Marquis de Montcalm, hero of the Battle of Quebec.
Registered historic monument, the Great Temple has a circular shape and a neoclassical colonnade façade. Built in the early nineteenth century, it is the work of architect Charles Durand.
A "small" temple, the temple of the oratory, was built a few years later.
Montcalm The castle, now private, is located in the hamlet of Montcalm and the Chapel of Pive, close, date from the late nineteenth century. Eclectic style tends Provençal Romanesque, it has simple interior and stained glass depicting Saint Lazare life. The ruins of the castle neo-Renaissance located nearby were once the center of a winery.
Walking through the town, you can admire the town hall of the nineteenth century that reflects the wealth of the city at that time, the halls or different wineries or wine typical mansions of the Second Empire.
Also nineteenth century, the clock tower is topped by a roof with four sides glazed tiles and presents a bell seventeenth century listed building.
Bicycle enthusiasts will enjoy browsing the greenway Vauvert / Gallician 7 km loops cyclo discovery of the Camargue Gard and Curbs (40 km) and the ViaRhôna from the marina of Gallician.
For hikers, more than 100 km of marked trails await you, including the GR653, Way of St Jacques de Compostela, the Way of Arles.
Regional Nature Reserve in the town, the reserve of the Scamander also has interpretive trails and allows to discover the Petite Camargue. Every winter, its reeds are collected there and exported to the Nordic countries for the cover of some houses.
You will also find Sylvéréal, hamlet Vauvert, reserve the Petit Rhône and a water sports, horse riding and the discovery of a herd in a small train.
