La Ferme des Moines : the automaton monks

On the walls all around the La Ferme des Moines' great dining room, surrounded by antique engravings , you can see 16 automatons especially made for La Ferme des Moines, framed in a wooden gothic stela. They relate us what the monk’s life was in his monastery.

The automatons

Whether they are cook, butcher, copyist, vine grower, builder, gardener, lumberjack, or hairdresser (a wink to the creator of this place... ?), each of them represents a scene of the daily monastic life.

The reading

Faithful to the tradition of reading during the meals in monasteries, you’ll take advantage of the automaton monks’ wisdom over the place’s history, thanks to a little animated show whilst you are enjoying :

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