Maisons de source et aqueduc (également sur commune de Belleu)

English translation

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History

Source houses are hydraulic buildings constructed at the resurgence of natural waters. At Soissons, this was a monastic hydraulic network which served among other things to supply the abbey of Saint-Jean-des-Vignes. One of the houses can be dated to the 13th century, comprising a system capable of capturing five sources. A second house, dated to 1772, comprises two settling chambers linked by vaulted tunnels. A third house, on a military plan of the early 20th century, is three-quarters underground and inaccessible. A fourth house dates from the 16th or 17th century. A fifth, from the 17th or 18th, presents inside a corridor with fleur-de-lis decoration. This is the emblem of the commune, which must have been its owner. The last house dates from the 19th century, attesting to the permanence of water capture in this sector.