Gigors Fountain

Gigors is one of the villages of the Hautes Terres de Provence. Its fountain and plaster millstone are precious testimonies of life in the past.

Between two hikes, or as a stopover on the Haute-Provence Geopark discovery route, don't hesitate to stop in the charming village of Gigors. The town was once a Carolingian villa donated to the Abbey of Saint-Victor de Marseille (8th century). In the center of the village, there was a kiln and a plaster mill whose millstone you can see, installed in the square. It is remarkable in that, dating from the late 18th-early 19th century, it was made using a Roman technique and an ancient model! This millstone is thus a unique testimony, almost an anachronism, in the entire Mediterranean area. As for the fountain in the village below the road, it is astonishing with its four successive basins. According to oral tradition, the population bought it back from the local lord by paying its equivalent weight in wheat!