River of a Thousand Faces
of dying of Gardille where she takes birth to her arrival in the waters of the Loire, Allier weaves through three departments Auvergne moult and change both in appearance and face.
When we observe the Allier run slowly under the arches of the bridge Régemortes to Mills, we are far away from us imagine the tumultuous conditions of his birth .
is that between L'Allier in the Auvergne by narrow and deep gorges where it digs its bed, in an environment that is a real paradise for fishermen and a privileged place for lovers of white water thrills.
His background is scaled by the presence of villages, castles and countless churches. At the Lavoute-Chillac, it stretches to subside then meander among the basaltic rocks of the valley Ribeyre. Here were found the first traces of human presence in Europe. A paleontological site has also emerged on the banks of the Allier and Museum Chillac demonstrates this finding.
It then presents the outskirts of Issoire then bathes Pont du Chateau and its ancient port to finally settle down in the lower Limagne. Meandering sandy become rich reserves natural for many species of birds and colonies of herons come to seek asylum. In Vichy and Moulins, the river takes his ease and gets city with its shady banks, where it becomes pleasant to stroll.
Recently, thousands of salmon crowded into the Loire estuary. Only a few dozen still manage to go back in the river until Haut-Allier. Arrangements of dams, salmon and other equipment were built to maintain water quality and protect the noble fish. A Brioude House Salmon tells the story and provides explanations on the ecosystem of the river.
L'Allier River is a pulsating, sometimes even whimsical. However, this did not prevent him from remaining one of the only natural means of transporting goods. River navigation there is even developed from the seventeenth century with the fir. These boats were loaded with coal, wine, gift Ambert or stone from Volvic to Paris via the channel Briare. Once arrived, they were sold as firewood and most beautiful pieces were used for making ship's masts. Thus, Allier was it a river of skippers with its ports, mariners, customs. Pont-du-Chateau has long been the largest inland port in the Allier. The city is still alive with the Museum of Ancient Batellerie which traces, through objects and models, the history of the corporation consolidated under the banner and the protection of Saint Nicolas.
Between Vichy and Moulins, Allier valley meanders and offers a wide variety of natural environments, often reshaped by floods, which house during the summer, several dozen species of birds. Since the early 1990, the region of Toulon-sur-Allier, has become the largest reserve of natural waterways of the hexagon, European ornithological mecca. Space Nature Val d'Allier has become a place of discovery and information on the natural heritage of the Val d'Allier in Bourbonnais. This set offers an observatory "Bird Garden" and a space devoted to the recognition of songs.
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