Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Nitry, Yonne. Plumbed.

Very formal, very well-kept, but no access to interior. Dry in 2010.

St-Jean-St-Germain, Indre-et-Loire. Stream side.


It's the roof that's interesting here, with its ardoise tiles shaped to form a heart; all the internal lavoir-bits are long-gone. The stream is a channel leading to a mill along the Indre.

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

St-Amadou, Ariège. Spring-fed, plumbed.



Most elaborate basin we've seen to date: oval, divided into four equal sections, and fed by four bronze dolphin-headed water spigots. Informative plaques about lavoirs on the walls. Building unremarkable.

Le Cabanial, Haute-Garonne. Spring-fed.


Philippe says it's cute, and I agree. Beautiful yellow wild iris in bloom all around when we visited. Interior flooded, not especially memorable.

St-Amand-en-Puisaye, Yonne. Stream-side.


Very large lavoir along a channel of the Vrille across from the Château, now used as the Tourist Information for St-Amand. Only the roof beams left from the original. Photos of the lavoir as it used to be posted inside. Beautiful spot.

Bléneau, Yonne. Spring-fed, plumbed.


Unusual basin in the form of an irregular quadrilateral: two right-angles, one acute, and one obtuse. Satisfying opportunity to revisit the nomenclature of high school geometry. Delicate ardoise roofing. Lots of algae but there was steady flow of water from a culvert under the street above. Bedding plants all around -- pretty spiffy!

Alligny-Cosne, Nièvre. Spring-fed, plumbed.


Might have driven right past this one, since only the roof is visible from the road, were it not for the toddler carrying a baguette longer than he was on the sidewalk near by. Unremarkable otherwise.