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The Bories village - Gordes in the Luberon

The Bories Village in Gordes in the Luberon



Preservation of the Bories

The Bories village constitutes the largest group of such huts found in the region of Apt, in the Luberon. Revived and retored thanks to the hard work of the land's owner, it is, since 1977, classed as a historic monument. It need ten years of effort to give a facelift to this site abandonned, for over a century, to the vegtation. Protected, but open to the public as well as the ethnologist, it gives you the opportunity to understand the extraordinary composition of this Provençal native architecture of which the essence itself lies in the mastery of the use of dry stone in construction, generously provided by a dry and calcareous nature. In Provence, we still gather stones from the field and scrubland to build walls and sheds, to support terraced land.


The origin of the Bories

Attempts at dating the bories have been made. What we do know is that the origin of bories goes as far back as the Bronze Age. As to this village itself, many theories have been put forward to determine its age. According to some, it would have been constructed after the fall of Apta Julia around the 7th century. For others, with regard to the objects and money found on the site, it could not been built prior to the 15th century. Other remains, such as the pottery, date from the 18th century. It is possible that the spot was inhabited and refurbished several times. One thing is certain, the most recent constructions date from the 19th century. Today presented as a museum, the village brings together an exhibition of traditional objects and tools, as well as presenting the historie of the Bories and of dry stone architecture in France and in the world.




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