Lavoir de la Fontaine Saint-Liesne (Melun)

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Coordinates: 48 ° 32 ′ 28.7 "  N , 2 ° 40 ′ 13"  E

Wash house in Coupvray

The Lavoir de la Fontaine Saint-Liesne (French lavoir for wash house and fontaine for fountain) in Melun , a French town in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region , was originally built in the 16th century.

The wash house on rue de la Fontaine Saint-Liesne consists of an open wooden structure with a gable roof .

A healing effect was ascribed to the water of the Saint-Liesne fountain, so that until the French Revolution pilgrimages were undertaken there, which were looked after by the Franciscan recollects ( the Friars Minor of the strict observance of St. Francis ), a reform branch of the Franciscans were.

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Seine-et-Marne. Flohic Editions, Vol. 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-100-7 , p. 872.