Francuska cesta Brela - druga radionica suhozida

Filmed: Vice Rudan, Makarska Riviera Beaches
© Brela Tourist Board 22/10/2022.

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Naučite principe i primjenu tradicionalne tehnike gradnje suhozida pod stručnim vodstvom mentora suhozida iz udruge „4 grada Dragodid“. Radionica će doprinijeti i sanaciji Francuske ceste u Brelima, hrvatske kulturne baštine, izgrađene u razdoblju 1810.-1811.
Radionica je besplatna za sve sudionike.
Sudionici moraju imati čvrstu obuću i radnu odjeću.
Prijave: TZO Brela
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Learn the principles and application of traditional drystone walling under the guidance of Dry Stone teachers from the association „4 grada Dragodid“.
The workshop will contribute to repairing the French road in Brela, built during the period of 1810-1811, which is a Croatian cultural heritage.
Workshop suitable for both beginners or those with some experience.
Wear sturdy boots and old clothing.
The workshop is free.
Registration:
Brela Tourist Board

More:
The “French Road”, also known as „Napoleon`s road“, is an exceptional contribution to road engineering in the early 19th century (1811.)
The road was built on the steep slope of mountain Biokovo, between 357.41 and 443.73 metres above the sea level.
It was never completed, and so it is possible to reconstruct all the phases of its construction. Nowhere else among the surviving examples of French roads in Dalmatia is it possible so well to understand the building technology, the routing or the phases of construction.
The long courses of road surface running high above the terrain are particularly impressive.
The roadbed is made of large pieces of stone, with a double layer of gravel of various sizes, and a packed layer of finer granulation on the actual carriageway.
The kerbstones are made of large heavy stones roughly dressed on the upper surface.
It was designed by Frano Zavoreo, ingeneieur de grand mèrite, who ably devised the route and organised the works, according to the best standards of modern road building.
The French authorities obliged the population to participate in public works without pay. Marshal Marmont speaks of the rations that the peasants got.
The peasants often had to work for hard tack alone, without any payment, themselves and their horses and carts, up to four days a week.