Near Saint-Jean-de-la-Blaquière, on the slopes of the Rocher des Vierges, there is a natural wonder amid the red cliffs: canyons carved by erosion create unusual and surreal landscapes.
The canyon is also known as the “Languedoc Colorado.”
In just a few minutes, you leave the vineyards and olive groves behind to discover a scene that’s almost too good to be true.
Vast expanses of red earth, small valleys, and a little river—it really is like the Colorado.
You follow this stream, which gradually turns into a canyon, until you reach a beautiful 30-meter-high waterfall.
Saint-Jean-de-la-Blaquière
Saint-Jean-de-la-Blaquière is a French commune located in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region.
Its name comes from its church, consecrated in the 9th century to Saint John the Baptist, and “Blaquière,” which means “a place planted with white oaks.”
“Blaca” in Occitan means “white oak.”
Saint-Jean-de-la-Blaquière boasts a rich cultural heritage.
- The Church of the Beheading of Saint John the Baptist in Saint-Jean-de-la-Blaquière, a parish church whose Romanesque choir (12th century) and semicircular apse are listed as Historic Monuments. It replaced an older chapel also dedicated to Saint John the Baptist.
- The Château de la Blaquière, dating from the 14th and 17th centuries, is listed in the General Inventory of Cultural Heritage.
- Many of the capitelles in the vineyards were built using dry-stone construction techniques. They are red because they are made of ruffes, detrital rocks (sand, silt, and clay) belonging to the
- pelite family dating from the Permian period (250 million years ago). Funeral chapels from the 19th and 20th centuries.
- A Neolithic dolmen in Les Isserts.
Saint-Jean-de-la-Blaquière
Mairie
Place de la République
34700 Saint-Jean-de-la-Blaquière
Tél. : 04 67 44 73 67
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