Les artisans – Le Vieux Mas

The craftsmen

Discover the trades of the last century with the life-size stalls of the shoemaker, the grocer, the ironmonger, the oil press, etc. in the rue des vieux métiers.

Some of them are coming back to life and as you walk along the path, you can meet the founder, the woodturner, the coiner, the tailor or the blacksmith, true enthusiasts who will be keen to pass on their know-how and their passion and will show you the ancestral gestures as they were in 1900.

The woodturner

With precise gestures, under his knives, gouges, chisels and scrapers, the wood comes to life and is transformed into a top for the delight of children.

Plates, glasses and cutlery were once turned by his hands and sold in the countryside by peddlers......

15 min

General public

Outdoor

The woodturner

With precise gestures, under his knives, gouges, chisels and scrapers, the wood comes to life and is transformed into a top for the delight of children.

Plates, glasses and cutlery were once turned by his hands and sold in the countryside by peddlers......

15 min

General public

Outdoor

The blacksmith

He was the soul of a village, considered to be the master of fire

In his slightly dark workshop, with its peculiar smell, the iron is transformed by the hammer on the anvil.

Thanks to his multiple talents he was also a blacksmith, he prepared wheel rings for the wheelwright or rings for the coopers and repaired ploughshares and ploughs for the farmers...

20 min

General public

Outdoor

The foundry

Foundry has been known since ancient times and is one of the earliest human crafts, dating back to at least 3000 BC.

La coulée est une opération fondamentale dans la mise en forme des métaux.

Ici une barre d’étain qui une fois fondu dans son moule se transforme alors en figurine…

Our grandparents used to call them "lead soldiers".

20 min

General public

Outdoor

The foundry

Foundry has been known since ancient times and is one of the earliest human crafts, dating back to at least 3000 BC.

Casting is a fundamental operation in the shaping of metals. Here a bar of pewter which once melted in its mould is then transformed into a figurine...

Our grandparents used to call them "lead soldiers".

20 min

General public

Outdoor

The coiner

Invented in the 7th century BC, money was made of a precious metal and used as a medium of exchange.

Until the industrial revolution it was struck by hand.

Armed with his wedge, his stack and his key ring, he will strike the blank, which then becomes a coin.

15 min

General public

Outdoor

The tailpiece

The craft of tailoring appeared as early as the Middle Ages, but recent discoveries allow us to affirm that in Neanderthal times they already knew how to make them.

Equipped with his square, spinning wheel and reel, the rope maker will initiate you to the making of a rope in natural fibres such as hemp, sisal or jute.

15 min

General public

Indoors

Artisanat du cuir

15 min

General public

Outdoor

The tailpiece

The craft of tailoring appeared as early as the Middle Ages, but recent discoveries allow us to affirm that in Neanderthal times they already knew how to make them.

Equipped with his square, spinning wheel and reel, the rope maker will initiate you to the making of a rope in natural fibres such as hemp, sisal or jute.