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.
The Bories village, a very unique
village, is composed of seven groupings
of huts, each having a very precise
function. You will find houses, stables,
sheepfolds, barns, grain lofts, silkworm
factories and bakehouses, vat houses
and tanning mills, henhouses, pig sties
and goat shelters. The existence of
this village shows that, outside of
just a sporadic use of a borie, as
a temporary dwilling, for example,
or for agricultural purposes, there
was a whole social and economic system
built around and based on these dwellings
of former times.