significant restoration which lasted until 1861. Chartreuse accepted, in 1873, the wood statue of N.-D. of the Guard of Marseilles, which replaced a solid silver statue; the Carthusian monks carried it in Italy in 1903. The decrees de1901, indeed, expulserent once again the Carthusian monks of Montrieux. they returned there since 1928.

-- Marking out of Excurs. Marseillais
One starts from Belgentier, places Edouard-Granet, while going up by the street of Rayol, then by the ruesdes Mûriers, of the Fountain, Chateauroux; one leaves the street of the court on the left, one penetrates surune placette, where is a small false well, out of metal. It is to 4 or 5 meters with beyond starts the red layout. (the distance covered by all these streets and places hardly exceeds 200 meters.) Threshold of this Touge layout, opposite oneself, in full West, is drawn up, of almost vertical aspect, in any case terribly tilted, the hard dolomitic wall which supports Valbelle.Heureusement these are not these excessive slopes that it will be necessary to cross: the general direction will support on the extreme-left of this wall, by a spur which will be welded there not far
red traced faite.Le, initially horizontal, goes down then slowly, in Western direction, towards the fonddu ravine, then crosses the very small river, often dry, of which it goes up right bank A 15 min. of Belgentier a first post, marked " VALBELLE ", announces a junction. One is there in the small valley known as: " Wine Bottom ".

After this junction the path reassembles in laces a spur, on the left, to the top which, 15 new away minutes from the first, a second signpost ance of the first, a second signpost " VALBELLE ", but loosened and laid down on the ground, marks new and abrupt change of direction, of South in South-west, with abandonment on the left of the path followed up to now.

10 min. after, the red path attacks the large spur going up to South-west (left) to go to join the left of the large frontal wall. It rises in laces along the flancgauche this spur, in rather strong rise but very réguliére; reached, then exceeds lepoteau indicating " Balsam-Obscure " cave, located a little low and on the right of the ravindont one goes up the left slope (left and right getting along: ascending direction). This cave is rather difficult access and can be visited only during the dry season, says Mr. HENSELING(Zigzags in the VAr, April 1935).
They is a few moments later than takes place the welding of the spur to the " wall of Escavallins " the laces of the path are moulted there in laces of cornice, in the unit stretched enough on the line, notammment upwards, narrow but always excellently traced. The last reach finally the " No Belgentier " where is crossed the line of made to reach at once a horizontal plane, threshold of haunts valley of Valbelle, broad and Alpine, framed of two dolomitic links: that of Moriére (7öm.) on the left, that of Valbelle (709-778 m.) on the right. The farm of valbelle alt. 617 Mr.), ruined partly only (it remains still one 1st livable stage and a well of excellent water (requires cord from 5 to 6 m.) is dissimulated to 5 min. from there, on the line; in the first large coppices, with height of a post-recall of the Service of National Forestry Commission against the dangerd' fire, set up at the edge of the narrow path which one follows and who continues towards the oak dela embedded plate, still distant from 15 min.


CARD OF BELGENTIER A SIOU-BLANC

 

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