Grave

Strictly speaking , a graver is a shop second-rate: less well built, leant with an existing load-bearing wall. However, today the term is used as medieval synonym of store.

Etymology

The word graver could come from “choppa”, word meaning in Langue of oc, Boutique, and in Gascon, old jail or shop. In 1482, where the word appears in the accounts of the Treasurer of the City, Makanam, it is written “eschoppe”. About the same time, in 1499, in several texts, it is the word “tankard” or “choppa” (1501) which is met.

Gravers of Bordeaux

The graver of Bordeaux is a type of urban house commonly widespread in the town of Bordeaux.

As of the 15th century, Bordeaux has gravers where and tradesmen and craftsmen live work; at the 18th century, the Of Bordeaux one will quasi exclusively dedicate their gravers with the dwelling by transforming them into Maison S of city.

Built between the Second empire and 1930, the gravers of Bordeaux are defined as being low houses (of lime pit foot), with in-depth development, frontage in gouttereau giving on street, with roof with two slopes covered in tiles and line of ridge sheathing parallel with the frontage. This one, out of stones of Calcareous size S, from 5 to 20 m broad, is often decorated reasons carved above the openings or in Bandeau. If the gravers of Bordeaux are generally deprived of stage, they have however a cellar.

According to the ordinance of the frontage, one distinguishes
- the simple gravers (between 5 and 6 m of frontage), which have a side corridor serving a room side street, a dark part and the common room side court;
- the double gravers (between 8 and 10 m of frontage), which have on both sides a central corridor serving the various parts.

A garden with the back, kitchen garden or of approval, and a well completed the installation.

With the census carried out in 1995, there was close to: 11000 gravers in Bordeaux.

The graver of Bordeaux is not without presenting similarities of plan and form with other popular dwellings built to the same time in other cities of South-west, in Toulouse for example.

See too

External bond

  • Site devoted to the gravers of Bordeaux

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