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Alphonse Daudet
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In the living room of Alphonse's childhood memories: a chest of diligence leather some toys and the Cévennes dress of Julia his wife. -
Alphonse Daudet
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"Daudet's", one of the four mills of Fontvieille, the mill Saint-Pierre, similar to the one that Alphonse Daudet had described in his book "Letters from my mill". Although he never lived there it has been restored and turn into a museum Alphonse Daudet in 1935. -
Alphonse Daudet
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One of the four mills of Fontvieille, the mill Saint-Pierre, similar to the one that Alphonse Daudet had described in his book "Letters from my mill". Although he never lived there, it has been restored and turn into a museum Alphonse Daudet in 1935. -
Alphonse Daudet
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Inside the Mill, the bust of the writer and the inkstand he used during his stays in Provence -
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The veranda of the farmhouse of La Vignasse. On the door are hanging wool scissors. The wisteria already covered with its sweet shadow the heavy limestone table - coming from the same quarry as the foundations of the Statue of Liberty in New York - during the stay of Daudet as a child. -
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In the patio, a window brings together memories of Tartarin, a character inspired by his cousin Henri -
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A terracotta bas-relief recalls the famous Pope’s mule, one of the heros of the "Letters from My Mill". -
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A mosaic illustrates the courage of Monsieur Seguin's little goat, the heroine of one of the "Letters from My Mill". -
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In the dining-room, the hearth and old brass remain the same. -
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In the room where ripeness and cocoons were drying, portraits of Alphonse and Julia Daudet, his wife. -
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In the family bread oven which, at the time, was used every day, the old utensils are still there.
Inspired Homes / 2 -Alphonse Daudet’s
His glory is still turning the mill Fontvieille
Paradise of the Paradise is Fontvieille, at the foot of the Alpilles, on the sign of the humble mill that inspires “The letters of my mill.” Although he has never really lived it is Fontvieille he really feels at home. “The mill Daudet” is one of four mills. All birds seem to rendezvous around its wings, the sweetest Provençal flora is there. Alphonse Daudet never lived there but in 1935, they decided to restore a similar one to the one he had described, and to transform it into a museum.
It was at the farmhouse La Vignasse, the maternal cradle ten kilometers from Ruoms, at the entrance to the Ardeche Gorges, that he spent his holidays. Nowadays they have open an Alphone Daudet Museum, where the objects that followed him all his life mingle with his childhood memories. Surrounded by high walls, the farmhouse still bears witness to the life of the peasant of Haut Vivarais of the last century, as Alphonse Daudet was able to observe from the age of seven. The silkworm remains intact with all its equipment and tools of the farm were kept next to the evocations of the work of the writer.
