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Le Village des bories
The Village des Bories is a site of dry-stone huts a few kilometres from Gordes (Vaucluse), on the slopes of the Monts de Vaucluse. A borie is a dry-stone construction, without mortar, typical of the Provençal landscape. The village, made up of about twenty buildings, was listed as a historic monument in 1977 and is said to be the largest grouping of bories.
The commune of Gordes has owned it since 1976. The site was restored in the 1970s then opened to visitors. It works as a museum of rural housing: you discover sheepfolds, bread ovens, wine vats, threshing floors, lanes, enclosures and dry-stone walls. Some buildings reconstruct scenes of daily life, with a collection of tools and traditional objects of the region.
The visit is self-guided and lasts about half an hour. It suits families, lovers of rural heritage and photography, and combines well with discovering Gordes and the villages of the Luberon. In the morning or at the end of the day, the site is generally quieter.
