The show Roots & Wings gives this Ariège castle a nice spotlight
By Hugues-Olivier Dumez
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It’s a nice spotlight for this castle! Baptized “Passion for heritage: Ariege land of emotion”, the new issue of the show Roots and wings will air on Wednesday, December 7, 2022 at 9:05 p.m. on France 3.
After years of abandonment
The presenter Carole Gaessler and its teams offer viewers a trip to the Gudanes Castlework of Jacques-Ange Gabriel, the architect of Louis XV.
After years of abandonment, Gudanes Castle is reborn thanks to the passion of an Australian couple who bought it in 2013. By sharing photos on social networks, Karina Waters and her husband have succeeded in tens of thousands of followers. Since then, visitors from all over the world have taken part in its restoration during their stay.
This new issue also offers a getaway to Saint-Lizier, “an astonishing village that is home to two Romanesque cathedrals. »
A Notre-Dame-de-la-Sèdeheritage curator Pauline Chaboussoula – who fights to restore the most beautiful religious buildings in the Couserans – we discover the “ Ariège Sistine Chapel », a long-hidden treasure.
Several portraits of Ariégeois
In this number attributed to Ariège, the teams of Roots & Wings also went to meet “those who live intensely their Pyrenean territory”.
Like Jean Louis Savignol and his wife who breed horses from Merens, a hardy species that appeared in the region 13,000 years ago! To allow their horses to spend the summer in freedom and rediscover their wild instincts, they share each year for a spectacular, sometimes dangerous transhumance, lasting 3 days and 90 kilometres… Head to the mountain pasture of Laspé.
On his side, Raphael Kahn is a photographer. He created an original website to magnify the ambassadors of Ariège “good living”, like Olivier Campardou, one of the best buckwheat producers in France.
Emilie Gusse, veterinarian, is an essential link in safeguarding livestock farming in Ariège. She counts neither her hours nor the kilometers to respond as quickly as possible to the anxieties of high-altitude breeders.
Aurelie Fleury is a committed traveling grocer, who wants to recognize the work of Ariège women. It sells, in particular, an exceptional natural honey, produced by Elise Blanchard and Lucie Hotier. These two women, who took the risk of changing their lives, rebuilt their 19th century farm on their own. See you Wednesday for this special Ariège issue.
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