Calm guaranteed for this hamlet composed of three houses next to the village of bevons. Ideal for solitary retreats with panorama…
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Posts Tagged ‘mas’
hamlet
Posted in offers, villages, tagged bevons, for sale, hamlet, mas on April 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
magnanerie
Posted in history, tagged magnanerie, mas, silkworms, south, specific on March 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A magnanerie is either a specific type of mas or a room within the mas dedicated to the breeding of silkworms (magnans in the occitan dialect). Most of the time, the magnanerie is situated in the higher floor of the mas. Different types of magnaneries are to be found in the different southern french regions. (engraving: A. [...]
Gordes
Posted in offers, tagged gordes, mas, propriétés de france, provence on March 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This superb house is a very good example of the typical farm buildings in the south-east of France. Next to the town of Gordes, its construction dates back the 16th century and the 6h of olive trees and oaks are still part of the property.
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little one
Posted in history, tagged mas, mazet, provence, small on March 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The mazet is the cousin of the alpine mazot. The literally “little mas” is a shelter for cattle in the pasture, and a storage place for farming tools.
Definition
Posted in history, tagged bastide, farm, mas, provence on March 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A mas is a largely self-sufficient farm, which can produce its own fruit, vegetables, grain, milk and meat. It was usually constructed of local stone, with the kitchen and room for animals on the ground floor, and bedrooms, storage places for food on the upper floor. Not every farmhouse in Provence is a mas. A [...]
