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Morvan: a country of traditions

Neighborhood of Brassy

Morvan is a ancient granitic massif, worn and covered with forests in 60 %. The ground and the climate often returned the difficult life before the tourists find their happiness there.

A long time, Morvan was a wooden mine for cities, giving birth to the industry of the floating. For a long time galvachers crossed the massif in all directions, with their oxcarts to transport salt, wine, grains or grapes. For a long time,morvandelles played the nursemaids, either by welcoming children of the Welfare services, or by leaving to breast-feed in Paris.

Often isolated by the snow in winter, Morvan learnt to live in autarky and to develop an appropriate culture.

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