Public Laundry

The Lavoir is where people in Grignan village wash their clothes publicly. This was built quite late, in 1840, which explains then its neoclassical columns and central dome. The work was created as part of a series of improvements to the city, decided by the mayor of Grignan-Auguste Francois Ducros, between 1828 and 1868. It was made in the old plaza of the Clock, and the neoclassical City Hall, where there was a covered market and carnage. The source of the temple was inspired by love the Petit Trianon, in Versailles. Currently, the public battery still works but they have created a system to