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Using the power of moving water to drive a mill wheel is an ancient invention that dates back to pre-Christian times. Thanks to such a construction, human or animal muscle power could be easily replaced by a watercourse - natural or artificially created - in order to grind grain into corn, for example. There are essentially two different ways of driving watermills: Either the water simply hits the blades of the water wheel from below to set it in motion; or the water is guided above the wheel and falls onto the blades; this type of construction is more efficient due to natural gravity.

The Saint-Martin church, whose name is an indicator of seniority, depended on the lords of Bâgé. They ceded it, before 1059, to the abbey of Tournus which founded a priory there. https://www.sauvegardeartfrancais.fr/projets/buellas-eglise-saint-martin/

The Poype des Fées (fairy mound) is a reconstructed motte (tower hill castle). Description: The earth for the construction of the poype came from the moat. On the hill there is a tower surrounded by a palisade. A footbridge made it possible to cross the moat to reach the kennel, also surrounded by a moat, which protected the inhabitants and their animals. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poype_des_F%C3%A9es A fascinating place with lots of information in French.

The fairy poype presents a motte with a two-story tower, the double moat, access to the top of the motte via a footbridge, an acacia palisade. This historical reconstruction replaces the poype destroyed not far from there in the 18th century. Free access site. This reconstruction of Buellas is the only one in Bresse that is complete. Others are visible like in Saint Cyr Sur Menthon, but only the mound remains.

The "poypes" or "mottes castrales" are often artificial mounds that house a defensive medieval habitat on their top.

stone benches to rest and hotel terrace for a drink nearby