A is a mounted cattle herdsman in the

Camargue Camargue (, also , , ; oc, label=Provençal, Camarga) is a region of France located south of Arles, between the Mediterranean Sea and the two arms of the Rhône delta. The eastern arm is called the ''Grand Rhône''; the western one is the ...

delta in

Provence Provence (, , , , ; oc, Provença or ''Prouvènço'' , ) is a geographical region and historical province of southeastern France, which extends from the left bank of the lower Rhône to the west to the France–Italy border, Italian border ...

, southern France. The work is akin to that of the Mexican , the North American cowboy, the Tuscan

buttero A buttero (, plural butteri) or cavalcante is a mounted herder, usually of horses, of cattle, or of buffaloes, in Italy, predominantly in the Maremma region of Tuscany and northern Lazio, or in the Pontine Marshes to the south. History The ...

or the Portuguese . Gardians ride Camargue horses.

References

* Louis Figuier (née Juliette Bouscaren), ''Le gardian de la Camargue - Mos de Lavêne'', coll. « Auteurs célèbres », C. Marpon et E. Flammarion, Paris, 1889, 249 p. * Pierre Lanéry d’Arc, Les maisons-types de la Provence, chap. 35 de ''Enquête sur les conditions de l'habitation en France. Les maisons-types'', t. 1, Ministère de l'instruction publique, Ernest Leroux, Paris, 1894, pp. 207–248. * de) Flandresy Jeanne, Charles-Roux Jules, Mellier Etienne, ''Le livre d'or de la Camargue'', tome I, Le pays; les mas et les châteaux; le Rhône camarguais, Librairie A. Lemerre, Paris, 1916, 437 p. *

Fernand Benoit Fernand is a masculine given name of French origin. The feminine form is Fernande. Fernand may refer to: People Given name * Fernand Augereau (1882–1958), French cyclist * Fernand Auwera (1929–2015), Belgian writer * Fernand Baldet (1885� ...

, Les chaumières à abside de la Camargue : la cabane, origine, description, mode de construction, dans ''Revue du folklore français'', t. 9, 1938, No 2, avril-juin, pp. 51–53, pl. h. t. *

, Les coutumes, l'habitation et les fêtes

n Camargue N, or n, is the fourteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''en'' (pronounced ), plural ''ens''. History ...

dans ''Le Chêne'', numéro spécial, No 16, 1938, pp. 100–112. * (d')Elly Rul, ''La Camargue gardiane'', Michel Delaveau, Paris, 1938, 165 p. * Carle Naudot, ''Ethnographie du pays d'Arles. Contribution au folklore de Camargue'', Le Seden, 1947. * Henri Marc, Carle Naudot, Victor Quenin, ''Terre de camargue - Terro Camarguenco'', Arthaud, Grenoble-Paris, 1948, 159 p. * Jean-Luc Massot, ''Maisons rurales et vie paysanne en Provence'', Serg, 1975. * René Baranger, ''En Camargue avec Baroncelli'', l'auteur, Clichy, 1983, 164 p. * Guy Châtel, La selle gardiane et le harnachement camarguais, dans ''Courrier du Parc'', No 45-46, 1995.

External links

Cabanes entièrement en roseau des années 1900

Texte publié à l’occasion de l’exposition « Cabanes de Camargue » réalisée par le Parc Naturel Régional de Camargue en 1983
Animal husbandry occupations Camargue Horse-related professions and professionals Horse history and evolution {{horse-stub

See also

References

Further reading

External links