Here, limestone rock shapes the landscape: houses, walls, cobbling...
As your excursion may take you, you will certainly discover the bories, curious, dry-stone constructions (no mortar has been used to hold together the habitations), built according to the principle of false, corbelled vaults.
In the past, they served as tool sheds for the peasants or shelters for shepherds and their flock.
To discover:
T he Bories village, classed as a "Historic Monument" in 1977, is today the Museum of Rural Habitat. It is located approximately 1km from Gordes. |
