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The set of rural architecture of Pont de Montvert - South Mount Lozère illustrates a typical closed-yard operation, characteristic of the region of Mount Lozère. Dated from the 15th and 19th centuries, it consists of a main house, barns-stables and small adjoining buildings such as an oven and a pig house. The house, organized on several levels, originally housed a large common room with fireplace and bed on the ground floor, as well as bedrooms on the floors. A first barn-stable, built on the slope, closes the courtyard to the east, while a second, more modest, is located to the west.

The courtyard also includes a building dedicated to the pig and oven, connected to the west barn by two covered gates. A family cemetery, enclosed by a bahut wall surmounted by a grid, extends this whole towards the west. The architecture reflects an autarchic agricultural organization, where living, working and storage spaces were closely integrated. The ensemble, registered with the Historical Monuments in 1983, bears witness to rural practices and local construction techniques, adapted to the constraints of mountain relief.

The location of the whole, in Fraissinet-de-Lozère (code Insee 48116), in the department of Lozère, confirms its anchoring in a territory marked by a centuries-old agro-pastoral tradition. The barns, designed to house livestock and store crops, as well as the adjacent beating area, highlight the importance of grain and livestock activities in the local economy. The registration of the site in 1983 aims to preserve this vernacular heritage, representative of a rural way of life that is now gone.

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