Fabrica dera Lan
Small 19th-century wool factory in Vielha, powered by the Nere river and restored by the Conselh Generau d’Aran.
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Over het museum
The wool factory of Vielha is an example of the small textile industries that emerged from the mid-19th century on both sides of the central Pyrenees. It was built at the end of the 19th century, and its owner had learned the trade in Miramont-de-Comminges, in France, where his wife's family came from. The energy came from the Nere river, which an external millrace (acequia) carried to a wooden wheel attached to a long shaft with the machinery's gears.
Valley residents brought clean, dry wool to the factory, where it was weighed and the number of skeins and the thickness of the yarn were agreed. On the ground floor, three machines carried out the first stage: the diablo (or tigre) opener separated the fleeces, the opening card turned them into a sliver, and the finishing card prepared the wool for spinning, which was completed in the loft. The factory ran on river power until the floods of 1963 and afterwards on electricity, until production declined and it closed in the seventies, after three generations devoted to wool.
In 1999 the Conselh Generau d’Aran decided to buy and restore the building to turn it into a living testimony of the valley's contemporary history. Today it is part of the Musèus dera Val d’Aran, the network of six museum spaces directly managed by the Conselh.
Hoogtepunten
- 19th-century wool factory powered by the force of the Nere river
- Original machinery for carding and turning wool into yarn
- Wooden wheel and external shaft with the gears
- Testimony to the textile industry of the central Pyrenees
Vaste collectie
- La fábrica de lana – Route through the factory's machinery, which turned raw wool into yarn for hand weaving: the diablo, the opening and finishing cards and the spinning machines in the loft.
- Beheerder
- Conselh Generau d’Aran
Toegangsprijzen & kortingen
| Volwassenen | € 2 |
|---|---|
| Met korting | € 1Under 16s, seniors, holders of the Carnet Jove, students, large and single-parent families, pensioners and groups of more than 15 people |
| Kinderen & jongeren | € 1gratis t/m 10 jaar · Under 11s: free; up to 16, reduced admission. |
| Senioren | € 1 |
| Studenten | € 1 |
| Groepen (vanaf 16 pers.) | € 1 p.p.Groups of more than 15 people: reduced admission. |
Free admission with the ICOM card.
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