Circuit de la réserve naturelle régionale géologique
From the town hall of Pontlevoy, your steps will lead you through the streets to enjoy the heritage of the town and the permanent exhibition of Ferdinand Desnos, before reaching the nature reserve whose preserved geological heritage bears witness to several million years of local history.
The Regional Geological Nature Reserve of Pontlevoy offers a geological, historical and unusual discovery from old quarry sites: the "Plaine St-Gilles" and the "Four à chaux"
The Plaine St-Gilles quarry is a reminder of the artisanal extraction of "Pontlevoy stone", which is widely used for the construction of foundations and lower parts.
The Four à Chaux quarry allows you to observe the succession of sedimentary formations over a period of 10 million years
Witnesses of a disappeared biodiversity, the 4 successive layers of rocks where appear terrestrial and marine fossils, correspond to the various natural environments which followed one another.
