The oven in Ventelon

Because of a scarcity of wood, the inhabitants of the upper Romanche valley would only make bread once a year, to keep stored all year. In November, before the snow started to fall, a fournier, (oven master) and kneaders elected by the villagers would prepare black bread, or boiled bread, following a special recipe. Restored in 1998 by volunteers of the Foyer des Taburlins association, the oven in Ventelon has made it possible to perpetuate this tradition.