Facing a twelfth-century Romanesque
church, our house is located in the heart of
Moustiers Sainte-Marie, which has earned the official label
of "one of the most beautiful
villages of France" (see
this
link). The house was constructed in 1765. An
important Moustiers faience artisan named Féraud used
the top floors as a warehouse
for the molds and the wood to heat the faience kilns. Thus the
house came to be
known as "La Bouscatière", meaning a place
to stock wood. Later, the bottom two
floors were converted into an olive oil mill, the presses of
which are still intact.
