Les Milles - Gardanne - Gréasque
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| Tour 6: Land od history and energy down the centuries |
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Take the motorway towards Marseille,
Les
Milles exit, then direction village.
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Les Milles
Tour of Les Milles Memorial: The
only camp in France used both for internment, transit and then deportation.
Inside the former refectory
of the camp guards are murals painted by interned artists. Outside, a period
train carriage recalls that thousands of Jews were deported from here to Auschwitz
via Drancy. Bauxite mining. Development and role of the railway.
Take the N8, towards Gardanne.
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Gardanne
 Tour
of the Ecomuseum: a woodland area of some 13 acres and a museum
presenting the character of the Mediterranean forest. The aim is to communicate
concepts
and knowledge about the environment, to show the value and wealth of the
forest, and above all to promote awareness of this woodland heritage, which
is as rich as it is vulnerable, among the broadest public possible. In
the museum with its ten rooms, offering 800sq.m of exhibition space, you
will make many discoveries.
Continue towards Gardanne ville,
then D46A towards Gréasque.
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Greasque
 Visit
to the Hely d'Oissel Mine Shaft: The 25.5m head frame of the Hély
d'Oissel mine shaft was listed as an industrial historical monument in October
1990.
Things to see: coal mining equipment, hoist room, old and contemporary safety
systems, geographic and geological maps, everyday objects placed on the ground
as if the miner had just left them at the bottom for a few moments before resuming
his endless task. The Hély d'Oissel shaft, 450m deep, was in operation
from 1922 to 1962.
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