L’art de la construction en pierre sèche : savoir-faire… (Andorre, Autriche, Belgique, Chypre, Croatie, Espagne, France, Grèce, Irlande, Italie, Luxembourg, Slovénie, Suisse)Candidature: Liste représentative 2024
EN: Rebuilding the roofs of the dry stone shelters during 'Moj kažun - La mia casita' community heritage campaign, which has been taking place around Vodnjan-Istria-Croatia every May since 2007. Restoration of numerous beloved local mini-landmarks by local stone professionals followed by educational and volunteering events
EN: Dry stone professionals work together with archaeologists at the Farga del Madriu archaeological site, a modern era forge in the Madriu-Parafita-Claror valley, Andorra
EN: Building the stone crosses on Kornati islands national park-Dalmatia-Croatia, the memorial for the 12 firefighters who were lost in the tragic 2007 mission. 12 crosses were built in 12 days on a remote site without any construction equipment, by ca. 2500 volunteers coming from all parts of Croatia
EN: Dry stone construction workshop. The workshop participants rebuild a wall that separates a field from the path, Prats d’Encodina, Ordino, Andorra
EN: Practical lessons in dry stone walling on Učka mountain-Kvarner-Croatia. International summer workshop/volunteer camp for Croatian students led by 4 GRADA DRAGODID Association, with regular participants from the French volunteer network Union REMPART
EN: Young people at dry stone walling with the Austrian Alpine Association
EN: Dry stone restoration and reconstruction workshop in Alona, Pitsilia (Cyprus)
EN: Students from Austrian schools in the global ASPnet participate in a Dr-Stone Walling workshop on the historical vineyard terraces of the World Heritage Site Wachau cultural landscape
EN: Dry stone restoration and reconstruction workshop in Alona, Pitsilia (Cyprus)
EN: Apprentissage pratique par de jeunes maçons de la restauration de murs de soutènement en pierre sèche sur les terrasses en schiste de la colline du Deister à La Roche-en-Ardenne, en Wallonie, Belgique
EN: Dry stone restoration and reconstruction workshop in Akamas. Boundary wall of a threshing floor (Cyprus)
EN: Création d'une arche permettant aux racines d'un arbre de se développer, lors d'un chantier de formation pour le Centre de la Paix-Dieu à Blaton (Groupe de Travail 'Crêtes à cayaux', Belgique
FR: Murs délimitant les pâturages et canalisant les troupeaux dans les Pyrénées (France)
EN: Participants at the Mulranny Stone Wall Festival, County Mayo, Ireland. Learning the art of dry stone wall building while repairing the stone walls along the old railway line which is now part of the Great Western Greenway
FR: Cabane de cantonnier (surveillant des terres incultes et boisées) sur le Causse Méjean (France)
EN: Man and child
FR: Cabane en limite de parcelle pour s'abriter et pour stocker outils et provisions (France)
EN: Workshop in Mellerdal Global Geopark
EN: Biliovo, a dry stone footpath connecting Sotirianika and Altomira villages. Mani, Messinia, Peloponnese (Greece)
EN: Workshop at the Nature Park Öewersauer
EN: Terraced vineyards landscape, Samos Island, Aegean (Greece)
EN: School students playing a board game they created under the supervision of their teacher, Hara Cryssanthaki, inspired by the many environmental benefits of dry stone constructions. Tilos Island, Aegean( Greece)
EN: Carmelo Brugnara, farmer of municipality of Giovo (Val di Cembra, Trentino Alto Adige Region), reconstructs part of a dry stone wall due to a failure at his farm (Italy)
EN: A time of recovery of a dry stone wall, during one of the workshops organized in Valle di Terragnolo by the Trentina School of Dry Stone, for the achievement of job title of "dry stone expert builder" (Italy)
EN: Two masters "maceratori" of Vallecorsa (Lazio Region) show the participants in the course organized by the rural cooperative "La Carboncella", with the Department of Architecture of University of Roma Tre, how to make a section of dry stone wall (Italy)
EN: Repairing a dry stone wall near Karli, Sočerga (Slovenia)
EN: Completion of the stone house (Marinčina hiška) roof repair in the village of Kosovelje with the placing of an ornamental or protective stone (stražič) (Slovenia)
EN: Repairing of a dry stone wall in the village of Matavun (Slovenia)
EN: Dry stone wall in the village of Valle de Lago, in the municipality of Somiedo (Spain)
EN: A group of volunteers led by the dry stone expert Albert Gavaldà restoring the hut 'Ventanes', located in Mont-Roig del Camp (Catalonia). Activity organized by three NGOs: GEPEC, Associacióde Veïns 'Muntanya Roja' and Center Miró-Group Barracaire de Montroig del Camp
EN: Restoration works in Pont de sa Creu, Son Salomó (Ciutadella, Menorca). Work funded by Leader program
EN: These 22 meters high walls forming the terraces of the „Clos de Cochetta“ (Switzerland) are the highest dry stone walls in Europe. They retain heat necessary to grow vine in the raw climate of the Alps
EN: Avalanches endanger settlements, people, roads, and railways in the Swiss Alps in winter. The terraces prevent snow from gliding. Although dry stone walls are not built for this purpose anymore the existing structures are still maintained
EN: From 2006 till 2009 volunteers from across the country built a 320 meter dry stone wall in the Jura Mountains (Switzerland) from scratch. The project was supervised by the foundation Action for the Environment and supported by municipal authorities