Tréanton wash place

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Loïc Norgeot
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Sketchfab
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Release Date
2022-05-22
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CC BY 4.0
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A very old-school "washing machine" ! Built in [Plounéour-Trez](https://goo.gl/maps/tADtSJHdmDoHVcuS9) in the 19th century, this wash place gets its water from the St-Eneour fountain (Eneour is one of the [Breton Saints](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Breton_saints) who gave his name to the village), which is under the chimney-shaped build at the extremity of the basin (the statue in the niche is of St-Eneour). This lavoir is - for obvious reasons - not used anymore today, and while I remember playing around it as a kid and trying to catch small fish with a shrimp net, some of my ancestors actually relied on this place for their laundry, and as a place of day-to-day life, like the local version of a greek Agora or roman Forum. Such sites in the village are maintained by the local association "Beva Er Vro", [here's a short video about them](https://youtu.be/uSN8kp0vsqs?t=72) in french in which you can see the lavoir. Made from 149 pictures (Sony DSC-RX100M3), processed in Metashape and Blender.