Chaux-du-Dombief
Chaux-du-Dombief
"La" Chaux-du-Dombief is a village in the French Jura of a few hundred inhabitants at an altitude of about 900 m. The territory of the commune is vast and covers varied landscapes, typical undulations of the Jura plateaus, beautiful cliffs, especially under the Pic de l'Aigle (almost 1000 m) and, above all, the magnificent Lake Ilay still called Lac de la Motte. There was a cartusian priory on the "Motte" of the lake (the island) which was excavated at the end of the 20th century by archaeologists. The Charterhouse monks were not only peaceful people, they quarrelled with others in the area and occasionally found a way to raze the Château de l'Aigle (Eagle Castle), inhabited by a somewhat aggressive lord who was not very concerned about his contractual commitments. Thus the history of the region is a good stimulus to inject contradictory emotions into the images of a sometimes very graphic landscape. T.M.
Chaux-du-Dombief, (39 image 1336), Rochers en embuscade,
original format 300 dpi: 900 x 600 mm, T.M. 2017.
Under the Pic de l'Aigle summit (Eagle peak).
Chaux-du-Dombief, (39 image 2126), Chaux-du-Dombief,
Pride of a Comté bell tower (clocher comtois), original format 700 x 465 mm, T.M. mars 2017.
Chaux-du-Dombief, (39 image 2127), Lithological guards,
original format 900 x 600 mm, T.M. 2020.
Chaux-du-Dombief, (39 image 2128), Mirrors on the rocks
original format 960 x 600 mm, T.M. 2017.
Chaux-du-Dombief, (39 image 2129), near Chaux-du-Dombief,
original format 700 x 450 mm, T.M. 2017.
Chaux-du-Dombief, (39 image 2130), Ilay archaeologists' hut,
original format 700 x 400 mm, T.M. 2017.
Archaeologists (Jean-Luc Mordefroid) excavated a small Carthusian priory located on
the off-center island called the "Motte". They used this shelter which still exists today (2017).
Chaux-du-Dombief, (39 image 2131), Bois des Bans mountain,
original format 1200 x 280 mm, T.M. 2017.
Chaux-du-Dombief, (39 image 2132), Bridge for monks,
original format 900 x 675 mm, T.M. 2020.
Chaux-du-Dombief, (39 image 2133), Light on the Ilay Lake
original format 700 x 465 mm, T.M. 2017.
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