Visit to an Ochre Mining area in France

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hi Everybody,

These are some photos of a trip we made to the town of Roussillon, in the south of France.

Surrounding the town are giant colorful rocks and mountains from which ochre is extracted and thereafter manufactured into various colors for paints, etc.  We visited the town as well as the old conservatory which is an old mining site now only used for visitor tours.  Though there are many synthetic and articifial colors made now, oche is natural and has been known and used since the beginning of early humanity.   

 

Enjoy the photos.