Heritage in the Lot. Why preserving yesterday's heritage is crucial for the future

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With the month of November, we are reminded of the past, whether on the occasion of the All Saints' Day celebrations or during the commemoration of the armistice of 1918 and the commemorations of the Liberation.

The involvement of a part of the population in this Christian witness for our ancestors or the presence of our elected officials in front of our memorials on the occasion of November 11 and other celebrations of the Liberation, show whether it was needed that it is not yet a question of “making a clean slate of the past”.

In fact, the systematic reference to yesterday's events to justify actions in the present and the future would be a just cause for seeking to improve our living conditions.

“The creation of nature areas should not be understood as places where there is no human presence…”

It is in fact the principle of feedback, so dear to eminent management specialists, which could inspire us in our actions. Today we re-demonstrate, in three-dimensional simulation, that the orientation of an 18th century house^e century located in the gaps of Saint-Céré was not in fact the result of chance but rather the consequence of the patient observation of our elders. Should we wait each time for the scientific demonstration of principles weighed against centuries of human observations to recognize their relevance and avoid errors which will tomorrow be the responsibility of our children?

Nature and habitat: necessary cohabitation

Thus, the establishment of housing in the 19th century^e century on the territory of the communes responded not only to a need for expansion but also to a certain societal balance. This balance which has made places like the “Mazel”, the “Moulin Haut” for one lost in the middle of the woods, for the other present on the edge of a stream, so many witnesses to the necessity of human presence deep within the municipal territory. While many municipalities are currently subject to flooding, the presence on the upstream of our rivers of an owner who maintains the edges of the watercourses is a limiting factor in such situations.

Likewise, the disappearance of a place in the middle of the woods will inexorably lead to a densification of vegetation and the associated risks. The creation of nature zones should not be understood as places of absence of human presence which, if confirmed, will inevitably lead to a stronger development of the related fauna with as a lesser corollary a stronger presence of our charming wild boars in the gardens of the pretty houses of Saint-Céré. The “discrepancies”, since this is how we call isolated places like those previously mentioned in the “authorized environment”, are the outposts of the municipality and as such they are the lookouts after having been during the such a troubled period from 39-45, places of refuge for opposing actors.

“We must be proud of our past, without forgetting our mistakes…”

These “green lungs” will be the future of the city, otherwise they could well be its tomb. This premonition, given the context of rapid climate change we are facing, could prove to be closer than the speaker thinks.

A future marked by memory and action

But in the meantime, the effective promotion in due time of this different vision of the territory of Saint-Céré, actors are mobilizing through associations to defend this past and all of the related built heritage, such as recently the association “DEBA 46”. She hopes that the oldest house in Saint-Céré, testimony to the 12th^e century disappears like the clog maker's house in August 1939. We must be proud of our past, without forgetting our mistakes which are not exclusive to our civilization, and stop debunking what made us what we are today in a word “a whole program”.

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