Gorges de la Nesque
The Nesque are up to 400 meters deep gorge in the southern French department of Vaucluse . The river Nesque (dried up in summer) has dug deep into the limestone and meanders over a length of 17 km from the village of Monieux to Méthamis through a barren landscape. The road D 942 from Villes-sur-Auzon to Monieux leads through the uninhabited gorge. At the 872 m high Belvédère you have a magnificent view of the Rocher du Cire (872 m) rock opposite and into the gorge 300 meters below.
In the Gorges de la Nesque remains of human habitation (objects made of flint , teeth and bones) have been found, the age of which is estimated to be up to 60,000 years.
Flora and fauna
Common trees are stone and downy oaks . The Phoenician juniper grows in the crevices. At the beginning of spring, the Narcissus requienii covers the area with small, bright yellow flowers. A species of snowdrop , Leucojum fabrei , which was not described until 1990, grows near the gorge exits .
Alpine swifts , rock swallows and blue terns are typical of the limestone cliffs in the south of France . The golden eagle reaches the southwestern end of its Alpine range here. The eagle owl , the short-toed eagle and the common raven also nest here . Deer and chamois are new arrivals, as is the widespread wild boar . In the direction of Monieux there is a small body of water in which domesticated mallards live, as well as wild species such as the little grebe , the pond rail , the reed warbler and the little bittern , the smallest species of heron found .
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- Stefan Brandenburg, Ines Mache. Provence. Bielefeld 1996 ISBN 3-89416-609-6
Web links
- Gorges de la Nesque ( Memento of March 2, 2019 in the Internet Archive ) at saultenprovence.com (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Michel Albarède et al .: Vaucluse (= Encyclopédies du Voyage ). Gallimard Loisirs, Paris 2007, ISBN 2-7424-1900-4 , p. 327 .
Coordinates: 44 ° 2 ′ 45 ″ N , 5 ° 19 ′ 54 ″ E