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THE ARAB WELL

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97442Saint-Philippe, Réunion
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2024
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2024

A vestige of a bygone era, this well, architecturally similar to those that were once dug in Arabia, has long supported the thesis that the Arabs knew and conquered the island as early as the 8th or 9th century, the thesis of a poorly informed Egyptologist. More recent studies have proved that the well was commissioned by the colonial administration in the 19th century. A lot of noise for a simple square excavation, whose 42 steps carved in lava, go down to the water table. The source was dried up in 1986, following an eruption.

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bertil
Visited in april 2021
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pas mal
ideal pour les touristes ou la peche moi je vais pecher des fois la bas pour le fun avec un pique nique en famille
GLIT
Visited in november 2017
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Le Puits Arabe et le puits des Anglais Le Baril
Rien d’extraordinaire en dehors qu’historiquement ces cavités recueillaient l’eau pour les habitants de saint Philippe.
Continuer à proximité jusqu’au village du Baril pour profiter de ce lieu en admirant l’océan avec les magnifiques vagues. Baignade aussi dans la piscine naturelle et sécurisée à l’abri des requins. C’est un magnifique lieu de détente bien ombragé. Coin pique nique et petite restauration.
A beautiful exit if you combines this stop in a ballade- visit of island. Also make a stop at the English (just before coming from St Pierre), and take the time to do on site the walk discovering the landscape surprising various lava flows. Amazing mineral landscape, has to discover beachfront...

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