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Mirecourt, the city where luthiers are kings

2022-01-07T05:20:58.992Z


REPORT - For more than four hundred years, the small town of the Vosges has welcomed and trained luthiers from all over the world. Today, around ten artisans continue to perpetuate this tradition of excellence and still manufacture bows and musical instruments in Mirecourt ...


To find Les Archets d'Inépou, Roch Petitdemange's workshop, you have to leave the shadow of the old market halls and downtown Mirecourt, then follow the course of the Madon, a tributary of the Moselle that winds gently along the old tanneries. Descending towards the river, the gaze lingers on the somewhat decrepit facades of the large residences. Time has not spared the small town of the Vosges, the French capital of violin making for more than four centuries, and there is not much left of the many stalls of pewter potters, fullers, dyers and lace makers who made the glory of the Dukes of Lorraine, long lords of the bailiwick.But the many elements of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance enshrined here and there in the walls still bear witness to the city's rich cultural and architectural past. On the towpath, we follow the high walls of gray houses with almost all closed shutters, then we turn right one last time before pushing a…

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Source: lefigaro

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