The aptly-named Haut-Lignon mountain region between the Ardèche and Haute-Loire has shaped people and their relationship with culture. Nowhere else is it as strong and present as in the Pays-Lecture libraries, in the annual Haut-Lignon photography trail, in the Chambon-sur-Lignon Proverbs trail, or in the Petite Université Libre et Populaire in Tence. Cultivate and intoxicate yourself with theater, song, poetry, storytelling and even Occitan at l’Ours Maçon in Tence, Calibert in Le Mazet-Saint-Voy and l’arbre vagabond in Le Chambon-sur-Lignon. On the Haut-Lignon, arrive astonished, leave enlarged, return curious!