Fountain of Glarey
Description
More Bellerin, it is almost impossible! The Glarey fountain combines practically all the symbols of the town on the banks of the Avançon. Installed at the edge of the road leading to Bévieux, it provides, it is said, the freshest water in the commune, then the stone of its basin and its central bollard comes from the local quarry of Sous-Vent, and finally the two names which are inscribed, accompanied by two sculpted ibexes, are none other than the famous mountaineer Julien Gallet and that of his guide Philippe Allamand, two illustrious Bellerins who both have a path in their name in the village.
However, although the date 1953 appears at the foot of the fountain, the history of this "monument" is much older. The fountain appears on the cadastral plan of 1876, but a cover was not installed until the very beginning of the 20th century. The washerwomen had to wait a long time for this shelter, which was personally financed by a certain...Julien Gallet! Today, the fountain no longer has a cover. As happened in other places, a lorry hit the building in 1947 and the driver drove off without leaving any address. The washerwomen protested again, but times had changed and the commune built a new basin on its own, without a cover, with the stone from Sous-Vent. It should be noted in passing that this was the time when the commune, owner of this quarry, used this place for several years as an unemployment site for workers without work after the world conflict. The name of Julien Gallet, and this is quite normal, given his generosity and fame, was engraved on the wide neck, and then, from 1967, that of the Bellerin guide Philippe Allamand. Together, they had climbed the Muveran, among others. Another Bellerin symbol!
More Bellerin, it is almost impossible! The Glarey fountain combines practically all the symbols of the town on the banks of the Avançon. Installed at the edge of the road leading to Bévieux, it provides, it is said, the freshest water in the commune, then the stone of its basin and its central bollard comes from the local quarry of Sous-Vent, and finally the two names which are inscribed, accompanied by two sculpted ibexes, are none other than the famous mountaineer Julien Gallet and that of his guide Philippe Allamand, two illustrious Bellerins who both have a path in their name in the village.
However, although the date 1953 appears at the foot of the fountain, the history of this "monument" is much older. The fountain appears on the cadastral plan of 1876, but a cover was not installed until the very beginning of the 20th century. The washerwomen had to wait a long time for this shelter, which was personally financed by a certain...Julien Gallet! Today, the fountain no longer has a cover. As happened in other places, a lorry hit the building in 1947 and the driver drove off without leaving any address. The washerwomen protested again, but times had changed and the commune built a new basin on its own, without a cover, with the stone from Sous-Vent. It should be noted in passing that this was the time when the commune, owner of this quarry, used this place for several years as an unemployment site for workers without work after the world conflict. The name of Julien Gallet, and this is quite normal, given his generosity and fame, was engraved on the wide neck, and then, from 1967, that of the Bellerin guide Philippe Allamand. Together, they had climbed the Muveran, among others. Another Bellerin symbol!