ANIMALS
AND PLANTS OF PY
Here the current traces which show us the old human activities. The stone ways allowed the men and the animals to move more easily.
A cortal
It is an old house which was used by the farmers. Part of the cortal was used as barn for the animals, another part was used for to shelter the animals and a last part was used as dwelling.
Another cortal in ruin .
A raparo
Small construction which was used to shelter the tools and to keep water with their valuables when the weather was very hot.
An abandoned house.
The terraces teach us about their crops (cereals, potatoes). In bottom on the right, you can see the hut of shepherd which was used to the shepherd and for his dog to shelter in the event of storm. -the huts of shepherds indicate to us that there were herds. All old constructions are made out of dry stones . All the stones areput on top of each other one by one, wedged well, without anything to hold them, neither cement, nor concrete. There remains less inhabitants in Py now.(600 inhabitants about 1900 and 107 into 2003) because the life is difficult there (they have moved away, snow prevents displacements in winter, cold?)
