The author here work confirmed when guide analyzes in detail the architectural and geographical characteristics of each region, be it that of Olmes, that of the upper valley of the Ariege, or that of the Couserans, among others, those of the Bethmale valley of Small Pyrenees. In this type of analysis, is always knowledge of the historian who does not fail to invite the reader to a journey through time to remind him that the Ariege is above all a land marked by various migrations, various conquests various happy events or, conversely, tragic that have succeeded since prehistoric times to the present day: "For millennia the Pyrenean valleys were populations tanks. "
The sort of discourse tends to highlight, besides the picturesque dimension, the authenticity of the place at which cater its remoteness vis-à-vis the political centers and a wilderness that constitutes the framework of morals remained in harmony with her. Michel Cosem as such complements the many local legends that add to the exotic feel, because it is also a poet and storyteller he practices this route of discovery. The story of John Bear, for example, which closes the book, is an excerpt from a story set titled Traditional tales of the Pyrenees, Volume 2, the same author, which is part of the popular tradition of orality and substantially permeates the collective memory of Ariégeois.
Finally, Jean-Pierre Bel, Senator of the Ariege and Senate President prefaced this fine book making first tribute to its author, and recalling the strong attachment he has for this department he represents and for women and men who have contributed to its development in France and in the world, so many personalities as famous as Gabriel Fauré, or Pierre Bayle that anonymous, "all anonymous, he writes, that marked the great periods Of the history. "
