Wash house (Pont-Saint-Esprit)

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Wash-house in Pont-Saint-Esprit
Interior view with water basin

The wash house (French: lavoir ) in Pont-Saint-Esprit , a French commune in the Gard department in the Occitanie region , was built in 1832. The wash house in the center of the village has been on the list of architectural monuments in France as Monument historique since 2005 .

The elongated wash house with two basins is opened on the two long sides by large round arches. The entrance sides are decorated with stone reliefs: on one side dolphins and the other the Roman god Neptune with a trident .

Web links

Commons : Wash house (Pont-Saint-Esprit)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Lavoir de Pont-Saint-Esprit in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Coordinates: 44 ° 15 ′ 13 ″  N , 4 ° 39 ′ 1.8 ″  E