Dictation - Amiens - The Hortillonnages 1/2-English

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Dictation - Amiens - The Hortillonnages 1/2

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A must-see, the hortillonnages are located in Amiens, a provincial town in Picardy. They are made up of a multitude of small cultivated pots, surrounded by water and acessible only by boat. This particularity has earned it the nikname of the little Venice of the North.
In the Picardy language, the term ' hortillonnage ' designetes ' vegetable gardens ' as well as the place where they are located. Their existence dates back to Antiquity and is the result of man ' s shaping of this natural and mashy environment. These gardens on the water constitute a silly patchwork of 300 hectares squeezed between the arms of the Somme and the Avre. Over the years, uban expansion has caused a reduction in the original 10000, hectares. The hortillonnages are made up of a multitude of alluvial islands surounded by 65 kilometres of waterways and diches used for irrigation. At present, there are 1000 owners, but only ten or so farms in activity. The other gardens have became pleasure gardens.

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