Mines de Bruoux, Underground ochre mine complex in Gargas, France
The mining complex features a network of galleries with vaulted ceilings reaching heights of 15 meters, carved into the natural ochre deposits.
Between 1880 and 1950, miners excavated over 40 kilometers of tunnels using pickaxes and carbide lamps to extract high-quality yellow ochre from these galleries.
The former mining site now functions as an educational center where visitors learn about the traditional ochre extraction methods of Provence through guided tours.
The temperature inside remains at 10 degrees Celsius throughout the year, and visitors must book guided tours in advance by calling +33 4 90 06 22 59.
The galleries form underground mineral chambers with different architectural styles, including lancet arches and semicircular vaults carved directly into the ochre rock.
Location: Gargas
Address: 1434 1434 Route de Croagnes 84400 Gargas 84400 Gargas
Phone: +33490062259
Email: accueil@minesdebruoux.fr
Website: https://minesdebruoux.fr
GPS coordinates: 43.90826,5.34583
Latest update: March 2, 2025 21:56
Between gentle mountains and stone villages, Luberon encompasses everything that Provence has to offer in its brightest form. Its roads wind through lavender fields, ochre cliffs, and blonde bastides clinging to hills. Here, each village tells a story from a different time, each alleyway preserves the shadow of a medieval past, and each landscape appears painted by hand. In Gordes or Roussillon, the houses play with the light; in Fontaine-de-Vaucluse, the Sorgue springs from an emerald-green abyss; and in the valleys, abbeys and castles watch over the plains.
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