In Village des Bories, wandering the streets of a ghost town


Village des Bories, Gordes

Le village des Bories est un site historique situé à l'entrée de Gordes, dans le Luberon. Il est constitué d'anciennes habitations qui datent de l'âge du bronze et qui ont été entièrement reconstituées au XVIIème siècle. Ce témoignage historique hors du commun permet d'appréhender des modes de vie ancestraux, hérités de traditions séculaires.


Le village des Bories

Set in the countryside just outside Gordes, the Village of Bories is a mysterious, eerily beautiful constellation of dry-stone huts restored to display a traditional rural way of life.


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featured in Sights & sites Just outside the village of Gordes lies the archaeological remains of a Bronze age village. The Village des Bories dates back to around 2000BC. You can still see ancient sheep pens, stone beehive houses (bories) and bread ovens.


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Bienvenue au Village des Bories Un monde minéral à découvrir… Ce hameau dit « Les Cabanes », avant d'être baptisé Village des bories, est situé à Gordes, à 270m d'altitude.


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Village des Bories - Fascinating Provençal Architectural History Read my story in French » We spied a sign for the Village des Bories as we descended the road out of Gordes France. Having plenty of daylight hours remaining, we decided to take yet another side trip in our Provence adventure.


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Village des Bories 1,011 reviews #7 of 39 things to do in Gordes Ancient Ruins Write a review What people are saying By Catherine G " Very curious " Jul 2023 They are all in stones without cement. " Interesting " Jul 2022. (Turkey, Ireland, France, Italy) for shepherds but a village is rare to it was interesting to learn about the peo.


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Musée d'Histoire Jean Garcin: 1939-1945 Musée du Tire-Bouchon Beehive-shaped bories (stone huts) bespeckle Provence, and at the Village des Bories, 4km southwest of Gordes, an entire village of them can be explored…


Le Village des Bories de Gordes face au Luberon Agence Rosier

The Village des Bories, classified as a historical monument in 1977, is the most important collection of this dry-stone habitat, characteristic of the area around Apt, whose highest concentration of these buildings is found near Gordes.


Village des Bories

The Village des Bories is a couple of kilometres south-west of Gordes on the D15 road (direction Cavaillon). Entrance costs around 6 euros per adult, 4 euros per child over 11 years old. Note that the village, while very interesting, is also very small and the tour will only take you about half an hour so 20 euros for a family of four seems.


In Village des Bories, wandering the streets of a ghost town

04 90 72 03 48. [email protected]. Village des Bories, Les Savournins, 84220 Gordes. Réalisation. Mentions légales.


The Village des Bories in Gordes facing the Luberon Rosier

Parking for buses is available 1.7 km from the Village des Bories. For senior citizen groups, a free shuttle is available by the municipality of Gordes, except on Saturday afternoons, Sundays and public holidays. To book visits in advance, please call +33 4 90 72 02 08 [email protected]


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Au cœur du Luberon à Gordes, venez découvrir un lieu unique classé monument historique - Le Village des Bories


Le Village des Bories de Gordes face au Luberon Agence Rosier

Near the beautiful village of Gordes, in Provence, is a unique and unmissable place: the Village of Bories and its thirty or so huts, whose exceptional dry-stone architecture has earned it the status of Historic Monument (Monument Historique).


In Village des Bories, wandering the streets of a ghost town

The Village des Bories , located a short distance outside the trendy Luberon hill town of Gordes, was one of the more unique places we visited while vacationing for two weeks in Provence with our kids. The village consists of several bories which are "dry" stone huts. A "dry" hut means that they were constructed without the use of mortar.


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The Bories village A priceless account of the way of life in Provence Nestled on a low mountain in the Vaucluse, a cable's length from the village of Gordes, the Bories village, classed as a historic monument, gives a priceless account of the way of life in Provence, from far-off times to the present day. An architectural masterpiece


Le Village des Bories de Gordes face au Luberon Agence Rosier

Village des Bories The following is a chapter on the stone Bories of Provence is adapted from Mary-Lou Weisman's book, Playing House in Provence: How Two Americans Became a Little Bit French. The Weismans arrived in Provence in September 2003 for the first of many visits to the South of France.