In the past, where the clear waters of the Hount Sante arose, there was an impluvium washhouse. Its framework protected the washerwomen from the vagaries of the weather.
At that time, wash houses were places of conviviality for women until the arrival of water supply and especially the washing machine.
The etymology of the Gascon term “hunt” means eye, transparent window between human existence and the underworld; when a spring dried up, it was said that the fairy had closed her eye...
Take the time to stop there and admire the fresco entitled “the washerwomen”, and follow the footpath passing next to the washhouse.
The etymology of the Gascon term “hunt” means eye, transparent window between human existence and the underworld; when a spring dried up, it was said that the fairy had closed her eye...
Take the time to stop there and admire the fresco entitled “the washerwomen”, and follow the footpath passing next to the washhouse.