Made famous thanks to its production of slate, Fumay was entirely dedicated to the extraction and export of slate from the 1970th century. This industry made the heyday of this small Meuse city, which exploited the shale deposits until the XNUMXs.
The town has kept its XNUMXth century appearance intact and the typical houses of Fumay recall this slate past at every street corner.
The town has kept its XNUMXth century appearance intact and the typical houses of Fumay recall this slate past at every street corner.
The town of Fumay, strong in its slate culture, contains typical houses. First made of slate and blue stone from Givet, we also discover the use of brick and stone from Dom(ocher limestone, extracted in the region of Charleville-Mézières). The specificity is also found in the rectangular shapes. At the beginning of the XNUMXth century, L-shaped and T-shaped houses were built.
Another typical element of the Fumacian house: the cellar which opens onto the ground and the individual entrance door topped with a transom window.
THE “SCAILLETEUX” FRESCO:
This is what the men who extracted blocks of slate from the seabed and cut them into usable blocks were called. To perpetuate their memories, the town of Fumay commissioned a slate and concrete fresco from the artist G. A Favaudon, located on avenue Jean Jaurès.
Another typical element of the Fumacian house: the cellar which opens onto the ground and the individual entrance door topped with a transom window.
THE “SCAILLETEUX” FRESCO:
This is what the men who extracted blocks of slate from the seabed and cut them into usable blocks were called. To perpetuate their memories, the town of Fumay commissioned a slate and concrete fresco from the artist G. A Favaudon, located on avenue Jean Jaurès.
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