Jas, a shelter for the shepherds and flocks

In the Provençal “jas” designates large dry stone (or not) sheepfolds which provide shelter to both animals and people. The word comes from the Latin "jacium": the house, the place where people sleep. In ancient Occitan, it rapidly designated the "park where herds of goats and sheep were sleeping in mountain pastures". Today, the shed houses shepherds during their summer presence in the Luberon ridges for “alpine pasture” in June and July.