Come visit the Shadowing(Spinning) of Belvès and the machines of the factory will have no more secrets as you!
The guide accompanies you for a discovery of this old(former) mill of the valley of Nauze, with his impressive machinery room.
The shadowing(spinning) manifests industrial heritage in Périgord. In the steps of the workers, visit the shadowing(spinning) through demonstrations, interactive exhibitions(exposures), follow the transformation(processing) of the raw(gross) wool up to the thread(wire).
Games(Sets), diaporamas, videos, informative panels(signs) and models will allow youngs and big(great) to discover the fiber nap under all its forms. Test the gestures(movements) of the wool: to you to handle card them and the spindle!
Discover impressive industrial tools of the beginning of the 20th century preserved: the wolf - cards, the renvideur, the winder …
The clockwork of these old(former) machines are maintained to keep(preserve) them.
A day of voluntary work is organised a few days before Heritage Days to regrease them.
And on Sundays, card will be unusually put back(unusually handed) under way!!!
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