Showing posts with label Sennecé-lès-Mâcon (71). Show all posts
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15 August 2022

The Lavoirs in Sennecé-lès-Mâcon, Saône-et-Loire (71)





Sennecé-lès-Mâcon's lavoir in rue Vrémontoise is one of two lavoirs which remain in the village. Weirdly, a sign in French alone says the water isn't drinkable, and another (in French, English and German) says bathing is prohibited: now who'd have imagined that? The griffon's head is quite a normal sign. 




The second is on Chemin de la fontaine Pétouzan by the D103 and also contains the 'no bathing' sign. I don't notice an 'eau no potable' one, but then there's a drought on at the moment (I'll leave emoji out).

1 August 2020

Charles Dorel in Sennecé-lès-Mâcon (Saône-et-Loire (71))


The peasant Charles Dorel is said to have been imprisoned here in the tower at Sennecé-lès-Mâcon by the Marquis de Gorge in 1788 at the time of the French revolution. This is the only remaining part of the château in the village. Serge Renoud-Lyat has the manuscript of the story, has met the director Guillaume Main and the novelists Albine Novarino-Pothier and Béatrice Mandopoulos. In January a novel and a film were being prepared, along with a theatrical project.

These ideas were being made at the beginning of the year, although on 30 July this year the Journal de Saône-et-Loire announced that the Théâtre pour l'espoir envisage putting on a five-act play based on the original manuscript in 2021. It is seeking support and its ideal would be to put on the play in front of the tower: from there, who knows? The organisation encourages handicapped players or those working behind the scenes.