Cabanes du Breuil

Cabanes du Breuil ( cabane = hut) is a settlement of a dozen stone huts made of dry stone wall in the French commune of Saint- André- d'Allas. It is located back from the road to Sarlat -la -Caneda to Les Eyzies -de- Tayac- Sireuil, about 8 km north-west of Sarlat- la -Caneda, close to Schloss Puymartin, in the Région Aquitaine, the Dordogne, in the former province of Périgord. It is rural workshops from the 19th century, belonging to the adjacent farm. The village is an open air museum. The stone cottages are available since 1968 under monument protection and are classified as " Historic Monument " since 1992.

History

The formerly early dating of Cabanes as Celtic construction was abandoned and sees today is post-medieval buildings emergence time, but go back to much older traditions. The Cabanes Breuil were first mentioned in writing in 1449. They were at that time the Benedictines of Sarlat, but were no longer inhabited from that time.

With advent of the iron processing industry in the 18th century, the huts were inhabited again, as the iron and steel works of the "black Périgord " many workers moved into the area. The ruined stone cottages have been renovated and are therefore still in good condition. As the huts were still inhabited by people who slept on the ground floor, the animals around the central fireplace around and people slept upstairs.

Description

The rondavels are now part of a farm and are grouped around a central courtyard. The circular structures are partly individually, others are connected to " townhouses ". In the latter case, the circular floor plans overlap to the extent that the huts closer together. There, the overlapping cone roofs are connected with saddles. Air and daylight to get the cabins have incorporated into the cone roofs of stone dormers.

The Cabanes be used as storage rooms, storage rooms, stables for livestock and workshops. In some old huts Workshop equipment and tools are on display. The owner and farmer lives in a conventional residential building, which stands on the central courtyard.

Construction

The Cabanes have circular floor plans with different diameters. The exterior walls are stacked 80 to 100 cm thick and made ​​of mortar Wi dry masonry. The flat ocher stones come from the surrounding area. In the 1.40 to 1.80 m high outer walls of the stone roof is corbelled on with a good 45 degrees of tilt. The stone roof covering the cone roofs are at the height of the eaves about 110 cm, at mid-height 50 to 70 cm and at the apex again 100 cm thick. At the eaves are cantilevered roof stones, so that the rain water can drain from the outside wall.

This compared to the "real" domes / vaults that need to be coated on a falsework, relatively primitive space of culverts are in architectural history as " fake" or "false " called domes / vaults.

In the larger stone cottages are available in height of the eaves beam a layer of chestnut logs, establishing an upper floor.

Workshop Fireplace

Quarry

Material

The material for the huts comes from a small quarry which belongs to the village. Its upper layer with a thickness of 40 to 70 cm lent itself best for roof coverings. The stone slabs are wide and up to 6 cm thick. Including the overlapping blocks are used for the exterior walls. The layer of useful stones is approximately 1.00 m thick.

Awareness, the opportunity to inspect

In addition to postcards and cinema and television have made ​​known this place: He served as a background decoration in the films " La Belle au bois dormant" ( Sleeping Beauty ), " Jacques le croquant ", " D' Artagnan " Les Misérables and.

Throughout the year you can visit the Cabanes du Breuil ( November-March by reservation only ).

The Cabanes of Breuil

The Cabanes of Breuil

The Cabanes of Breuil

Similar circular structures

Such circular buildings with false vaults are found throughout southern Europe. You are called in Provence Bories, in Spain Cabanos Nuraghe in Sardinia, Puglia Trulli and in Périgord Cabanes. In Northern Europe there are examples of how the beehive huts in Ireland.