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Heritage & traditionArchitectural HeritageThe grenier (seed store)
Heritage & tradition

The grenier (seed store)

The grenier is the smallest building built, like the granary, on stilts.


The beams are planed square and carefully assembled with small ventilation holes. There is more than one door – often four. It acts as a seed store, as well as storage for Sunday clothes and other valuables.

The number of doors shows the number of joint owners who colaborated in the construction, just as mules were part-owned and granaries shared...


 

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