Cambieure
Cambieure is a circulade village.
In the Languedoc-Roussillon region of the south of France, a circulade is a traditional village that has been built in (concentric) circles, whereas a Bastide has a square formation.
The centre is empty, more often than not, rather than having a church or other important building. Circulade plans were identified as a unique urbanistic phenomenon about 1992, are medieval in origin, dating from the eleventh and twelfth centuries which is two centuries earlier than the planned bastides of the region.
Krzysztof Pawlowski, a Polish architect working for the UNESCO patrimony section, first studied this phenomenon. He identified more than fifty circular cities and villages of Languedoc-Roussillon, the birthplace of this concept at the rebirth of European town planning.
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Cambieure has a romanesque church. The 'Place des platanes' hosts the annual village fête - an evening of feasting and entertainment for villagers and their friends.
There are tennis courts, pétanque courts, walking tracks, cycling routes, etc all within the village or close by.
Nearby
In the next villages of Belvèze and Lauraguel, you can find most basic shopping needs; post office, hair dresser, boulangerie, boucherie, pizza places. The close village of Brugairolles has an up-market restaurant [Gayda]. Within 10km of Cambieure, there are a host of wine domaines which sell direct to the public and it's possible to arrange a tasting.
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Cambieure Pictures
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