{"id":495,"date":"2018-07-12T16:39:47","date_gmt":"2018-07-12T14:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.corsevacances.fr\/?p=495"},"modified":"2024-05-11T18:07:42","modified_gmt":"2024-05-11T16:07:42","slug":"desert-agriates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.corsevacances.fr\/en\/desert-agriates\/","title":{"rendered":"The Agriates Desert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le <strong>Agriates Desert<\/strong> at <strong>Corsica<\/strong> is the only region in France to have this official designation of <strong>desert<\/strong>But this is no sand desert. The landscape looks very hostile to life or agriculture and is 30 km long and 15 km wide.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corsevacances.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/agriates-1.jpg\" alt=\"agriates\" class=\"wp-image-497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.corsevacances.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/agriates-1.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.corsevacances.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/agriates-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.corsevacances.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/agriates-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.corsevacances.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/agriates-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.corsevacances.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/agriates-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With only one hamlet on this road, <strong>Casta<\/strong>. The first sign that the density is low is the presence of army barracks on the left, more specifically a parachute training camp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why the \"Agriates\" desert?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In fact, the <strong>Agriates<\/strong> was mainly occupied by shepherds and farmers <strong>Corsica<\/strong>Neither community settled here, which explains why the population density today is even lower than elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d187759.96005466333!2d9.012171462921762!3d42.66666614999998!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x12d0d2960bc2fc0d%3A0xc94b0dc83d3afe79!2sD%C3%A9sert%20des%20Agriates!5e0!3m2!1sfr!2sfr!4v1715443100994!5m2!1sfr!2sfr\" width=\"770\" height=\"400\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The only dwellings you will see, apart from the hamlet of Casta, are the Pagliaghji (straw huts), once the shepherds' houses; these dry-stone constructions are made up of a single room topped by a corbelled vault.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corsevacances.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/agriates-vue-ciel.jpg\" alt=\"Agriates from the sky\" class=\"wp-image-499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.corsevacances.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/agriates-vue-ciel.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.corsevacances.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/agriates-vue-ciel-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.corsevacances.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/agriates-vue-ciel-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The farmers, the Corsican capes, came by boat to farm during the season, and in winter the shepherds travelled there with their animals from the Niolo. There were two types of transhumance.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corsevacances.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/desert-agriates-.jpg\" alt=\"Agriate Desert\" class=\"wp-image-500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.corsevacances.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/desert-agriates-.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.corsevacances.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/desert-agriates--300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.corsevacances.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/desert-agriates--768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.corsevacances.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/desert-agriates--1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Agriates Desert in Corsica is the only region in France to be officially called a desert, but it is not a sand desert. The landscape looks very hostile to life or agriculture and stretches over 30 km long and 15 wide. There is just one hamlet on this road, Casta. The first sign that the density is low is the army barracks on the left, more specifically a parachute training camp. Why the \"Agriates\" desert? In fact, the Agriates region was mainly occupied by shepherds and <\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":498,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"Visiter le D\u00e9sert Agriates - Corse Vacances","_seopress_titles_desc":"Une zone d\u00e9sertique et aride. Pourtant le d\u00e9sert Agriates offre de magnifiques paysages et toutes sortes. 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