Le Moulin du Got à Saint Léonard de Noblat, vu de l'extérieurA visit to Moulin du Got in Saint Léonard de Noblat means getting your hands dirty and immersing yourself behind the scenes of traditional papermaking. Relive the gestures of yesterday and today: the hemp fibers that are ground, the form dipped in the pulp bath, the passage to the press and the dryer…
Papier artisanal au séchoir du Moulin du GotClose your eyes, open them again: you’ve arrived at a printing works from the 1930s. In front of you, the antique but still gleaming “Linotype” machines of the Moulin du Got are just waiting for your text to be typed. Breathe in the scent of ink mingling with paper. The whole world of turn-of-the-century printing is recreated and explained before your very eyes in Saint Léonard de Noblat.
The Moulin du Got is the last remaining example of the important paper-making activity of the Limousin in the 18th century. After its closure, an association was set up with the support of the town to ensure that this ancestral know-how would live on. Former papermakers and printers joined the association and trained volunteers and new employees. In this way, the wonderful adventure of handmade paper is being revived in Saint Léonard de Noblat, and new pages in its history are being written before your very eyes…
