Communal oven
The four banal was a feudal institution in medieval France. The feudal lord often had, among other banal rights, the duty to provide and the privilege to own all large ovens within his fief, each operated by an oven master or fournier.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Historic building
- Description: feudal institution in medieval France
- Also known as: “communal oven”, “four banal”, and “Le four banal”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Église Sainte-Croix de Gannat and Gare de Gannat.
Église Sainte-Croix de Gannat
Church
Église Sainte-Croix de Gannat is a church, which is situated 160 metres east of Communal oven.
Gare de Gannat
Railway station
Photo: Tabl-trai, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gare de Gannat is a railway station, which is situated 710 metres southeast of Communal oven.
Église Saint-Étienne de Gannat
Church
Photo: Deslignes, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Église Saint-Étienne de Gannat is a church, which is situated 610 metres northwest of Communal oven.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saint-Genès-du-Retz and Vensat.
Saint-Genès-du-Retz
Village
Photo: Tabl-trai, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint-Genès-du-Retz is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France. Its inhabitants are called Saint-Genestois. Saint-Genès-du-Retz is situated 4½ km south of Communal oven.
Vensat
Village
Photo: Charles1559, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vensat is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France. Vensat is situated 6 km south of Communal oven.
Montpensier
Village
Photo: Tabl-trai, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Montpensier is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme département in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of central France. Its inhabitants are called Montpensierois or Montpensiérois. Montpensier is situated 7 km south of Communal oven.
Communal oven
- Categories: masonry oven, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Gannat, Arrondissement of Vichy, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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Latitude
46.10055° or 46° 6′ 2″ northLongitude
3.19663° or 3° 11′ 48″ eastOpen location code
8FR5452W+6MOpenStreetMap ID
way 387251498OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=buildingWikidata ID
Q5153962
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Aragonese to Spanish—“Communal oven” goes by many names.
- Aragonese: “Forno de pan cocer”
- Catalan: “Forn comunitari”
- French: “four banal”
- French: “Four banal”
- Spanish: “Horno comunal”
- Spanish: “horno comunitario”
- Spanish: “Horno comunitario”
- Spanish: “Horno de poya”
- Spanish: “Horno municipal”
- Spanish: “Horno público”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Communal oven”. Photo: Hondonera, CC BY-SA 4.0.