Le Porzo washhouse

On your left, you can see a pond that was once used as a washhouse by the women of the village of Le Porzo. Although Quistinic still has a few stone washhouses, especially in the town, most of them, often associated with a fountain that supplied the villagers with water, have disappeared. It was common practice to wash clothes directly in the stream. Stone basins became widespread after 1850, particularly following the state aid granted by the French government for the creation of public washhouses.