Au Coeur de l'Ardoise

"A surprising slate mine, with its underground descent, its low

passage-ways, its vast halls where the ZscailtonsZ (the

so-named ancient slate quarry workers) at the peril of their lives, day

after day dug up the earth to uncover the precious blue stone. A ride into

the underground in a cable car and an audio-guided tour during which the

geology, extraction methods and work conditions of the miners will hold no

secrets."

Discovery categories

Built heritage, Industrial site/building, bridge, engineering structure.