The project of the Path of the Wise was born during a session of the Council of Elders, made up of 9 women and 9 men aged 60 and over, chosen for their wise experience by the Municipal Councillors. On that day, the subject of reflection was the question of how to bring our republican motto “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity” to life?
The birth of the Path of the Sages
The idea germinated that sprinkle the city with sentences emanating from famous women and men, globally recognized for their wisdom and their humanism, could challenge the awareness of passers-by Borméens as tourists. In order to justify this bold and innovative project in the eyes of the Mayor and his Municipal Council, the decision is taken to combine this route with historical plaques which were to be installed on the city's emblematic monuments. The members of the Council of Elders then determined the route of this path within the medieval village and worked on the support, texts, images and symbols of these plates.
Le butterfly symbol is chosen because it represents joy, beauty, grace and lightness of being. It refers to the power of personal transformation by its strong power of rebirth. Indeed, before being a butterfly, this insect is first an egg, then it becomes a caterpillar before being a chrysalis and finally a butterfly. Each new step symbolizes a change in life, the let go on what you were to appreciate what you have become. As a symbol of wisdom, This animal is a source of inspiration in life. Under his fragile appearances,
The butterfly has a great strength. Indeed, his life is fleeting (life span of a few days to a few weeks) and yet, it spreads joy and good humor by the grace and beauty of its flight, enjoying every moment that nature offers it. So why not do like the butterfly, to approach with confidence everything that life offers us, good or bad experience, because after all it only lasts a moment. These experiences are not the past the better preparation for the future allowing us to move forward more serenely on the paths of life?
Goethe's biography
Novelist, playwright, poet, scientist, art theorist and statesman.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, born August 28, 1749 in Germany in Frankfurt am Main, son of a wealthy bourgeois family, is a German poet, novelist and playwright. He began writing at a very early age. His education was provided by his father, who introduced him tolanguage learning, from dance, thefencing and horse riding.
Il discover French civilization when a French officer is staying with his family during the Seven Years' War. This officer became a friend of Goethe's father and allowed the teenager to attend the coronation of Emperor Joseph in 1764. 1765 to 1771, he makes studied law in Leipzig and then in Strasbourg. He was lawyer, magistrate, war commissioner, director of state finances and ennobled. He married Christiane Vulpus in 1806. The most famous work by Goethe, "Faust", is a drama in two parts which traces the life of Heinrich Faust, a scholar who sells his soul to the devil Mephistopheles in exchange for knowledge and earthly pleasure. “Faust” is considered to be one of the greatest achievements of German and world literature. Besides its literary contributions, Goethe was also interested in the science and philosophy. He performs research in optics, anatomy, botany and geology, and develops its own color theory, presented in his work “The Theory of Colors” (1810).
Goethe died in 1832 at the age of 82, leaving behind a work that continues to influence literature, philosophy and science. His talent for blending erudition, passion and human sensitivity in his writings has earned him recognition as one of the great minds in the history of European culture.
The Pous d’Amoun and the Draille des Bredouilles
The Draille des Bredouilles is not a recent creation linked to tourist development. In fact, this path was already mentioned in the Napoleonic land register of 1826, at a time when the activity of village was mainly focused on agriculture.
The hunters, in addition to breeding, regularly contributed to thesupplying the village with meat fresh. However, sometimes Luck was not on our side and game was scarce. In such cases, the hunter returned exhausted, with its empty game bag. This is where the Draille des Bredouilles, this small path far from the village, takes on its full importance: it is away from prying eyes and therefore from mockery. The pride of setting off at the first light of dawn now gives way to the discretion of unsuccessful hunting returns.
At the end of the Draille des Bredouilles, you will find on your way the “love lice”, well which is located upstream in Provençal. It has its equivalent at the bottom of the village, “the louse of avau”, well which is located downstream. These wells bear witness to theage-old obsession with finding clean water. The exact date of construction of this well is not known, but it is believed to have been dug at the beginning of the 18th century, at the same time as the other wells in the village. period of intense drought, It was not uncommon to find a guard in front of the well, which limited the amount of water that the inhabitants could collect, in the interest of the community. The person who distributed the water, according to the districts and at well-defined times, then became one of the most important people in the village. In 1945, the municipality issued to the inhabitants of Bormes a water supply map, giving right to 10 liters of this precious liquid per day.
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