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SPINNING WHEEL VALLEY

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4.6/5
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Château Gaillard, 63300Thiers, France Show on map
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2025
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2025

An exceptional site housing two of the main cutlery-making activities: blade sharpening and polishing.

For several centuries, this exceptional site concentrated two of the main cutlery-making activities: the grinding and polishing of blades. The grinders, the lords of the cutlery trade, worked in spinning wheels to give the blades their sharpness. In Thiers, they worked lying on a wooden plank above their grindstone, with their dog on their legs as sole protection against the damp and cold. The ruins of these wheels are still visible. The last remaining spinning wheel, "Chez Lyonnet", is open to visitors in July and August.

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Visited in august 2025
Une randonnée magnifique avec de jeunes enfants ...
Super joli
Un moment agréable
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Visited in august 2025
Absolument magnifique. On s'est fait avoir pour la visite ( que l'après midi). Sur les conseils d'une habituée de la balade nous l'avons faite à l'envers, la dernière côte est très rude, on a pas regretté de la faire plutôt en descendante
Visited in july 2025
Une superbe visite le long de la Durolle.
Nous avons fait la petite visite car nous avions une enfant.
Magnifique balade
Visited in july 2025
Bel endroit, la promenade en bord de ruisseau est agréable avec la découverte des différents rouets lors du parcours.
Visited in july 2025
La 1ère randonnée est plus facile que la seconde et ma semble plus intéressante.

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