Journées Européennes du Patrimoine - Visite commentée du four à pain de Villar d'Arène
Bread oven visit
Learn about the tradition of “pô boulli” through a visit to the village oven
on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5pm.
Enter the tradition of 'po boulli' with a visit to the common oven followed by the screening of a film 'Alpine Village' shot in 1958.
Mr Maget, a French ethnologist, wrote a thesis on 'the Po Boulli'
In the Commune de la Grave, 2 ovens are in operation: one in the hamlet of 'Ventelon', the other in the village of 'Chazelet'
Overtures :
From Sunday 17 to Monday 18 September, every Saturday and Sunday.
On demand.
Adapted tourism :
Accessible for wheelchairs with assistance
Group size :
up to 12 people
Four banal de Villar d'Arène
Rue du four
05480 Villar-d'Arêne
Phone : 06 71 59 34 56
Phone : 06 74 53 52 04
Le Four banal de Villar d'Arène
Villar d´Arène has preserved an ancestral tradition of 'Po Bulli' (in patois) by completely renovating its oven and perpetuating the traditions each year.
Association - Animation et la rénovation du four de Villar d'Arène
'Lo Po Bulli'
Villar d'Arene has preserved a very old tradition of 'Pain Boulli' (Boiled Bred) made of rye flour and water.
Currently, people share this moment of respect for tradition and conviviality during its manufacture, the third weekend of November (even TV journalist came to make a documentary-film about this tradition).Guided tours are organized by the Association of the Villar d'Arène's old Community Oven,to transmit a testimony to this life of the past. A film 'Alpine Village' made in 1958 is also presented durind the visit.(Marcel Maget, an anthropologist wrote a thesis about the 'Po Boulli').
The land of the Meije (Circuit n°16)
The village of La Grave, a temple for mountaineers and ofpiste skiers, is known the world over. However, due to its particularly tortuous access, this village was only linked to the rest of the world by road during the second half of the 20th century.
Day of boiled bread from Villar d'Arène (Po-Buli)
Baking the 'PoBuli' in Villar d'Arene is an old tradition from the yeart 1428, and is still at the heart of the village life. When winter is at the corner, local families are brought together to bake a batch of bread for the entire year. For that, they invite their friends and family for three days of kneading, baking and tasting.