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Le naïs

Historic site and monument, Historic patrimony, UNESCO World Heritage in Eygliers

  • But what is a naïs? What crops were they used for in Eygliers?

  • What was the purpose and origin of the "naïs" next to the fountain?
    In mythology, Naïs or Naïade was the nymph of rivers, fountains and springs... What a beautiful story!
    Here, the naïs is a water tank, lined with clay to make it watertight. It is built near a stream that is diverted. Water is stored here for gardens, crops and, above all, for rolling hemp - another local raw material which, once transformed into filament and then woven, was used to make cloth.
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