This house in Fitou, France, probably dates back to the late 17th or beginning of 18th century and has been built in the shape how it appears nowadays.
It is, as many other houses of that decade, built with stones from the Garrigue and plastered with lime mortar. The house lies between two streets, the main street of the village and a smaller street, mainly used by pedestrians. Therefore, it has two entries, on in the back for people only and one at the front, for the trailers and tractors, because as so many people in the village, the owners were farmers e.g. winemakers.

When talking about the garden project with different people in our region, I received an invitation to an event about “Espaces oubliés” (forgotten places) in Perpignan.

It was a really interesting experience, because the presentations from local associations were inspiring and for me a practical lesson on cultural behaviour and thinking.

The commonalities of all initiatives are:

Nous avons commencé un nouveau projet de partenariat européen d’apprentissage il y a quelques semaines avec les institutions de l’Italie, du Pays des Galles, la Lettonie, la Grèce, l’Allemagne, le Portugal.

Les partenaires combinent des compétences très différentes, car ce sont des sociétés de conseil privées, organisations à but non lucratif, les fournisseurs d’éducation des adultes, centres de formation professionnelle, une école de la deuxième chance. Ils sont tous situés dans les zones rurales.

The “About houses” project started two years ago and comes to an end right now.

A lot of stuff, in seven languages, has been done: