Fresco tour
What do you mean you don't know what a gabelou or a mail trunk is? Catch up in Mijoux and in pictures !
Mural No. 1: The stagecoach
Mural No. 2: Transhumance
Mural No. 3: The school of yesteryear
Mural No. 4: The firefighters
Mural No. 5: The cheese maker
Mural No. 6: The customs officers
Mural No. 7: Snow removal with horses
Mural no. 8: The fishermen of the Valserine
Mural no. 9: The eagle owl
Mural no. 10: The blacksmith
Mural no. 11: The farrier
Mural no. 12: The forge
Mural no. 13: The woodcutter
Mural no. 14: The washerwomen
Mural no. 15: The country doctor
Mural no. 16: The jack of all trades
Mural no. 17: The axe
Mural no. 18: Transporting logs
Mural no. 19: The hay carrier
Mural no. 20: The smuggler
Mural no. 21: The trouser maker
Mural no. 22: The stagecoach and its passengers
Mural no. 23: The blue cheese maker
Mural no. 24: The rural policeman
Mural no. 25: The stonemason
Mural no. 26: Logging in the snow
Mural no. 27: The golfer
Itinerary details
Description
Come and discover the 28 murals painted by Robert Bessard on houses in the village of Mijoux and at La Faucille, on the theme of trades of yesteryear. A leaflet listing them is available from the Pays de Gex Tourist Office, at the Mijoux branch.