At the heart of the Gor

In Neuchâtel, masked by an unattractive industrial zone, lies a dark, leafy setting, the «Gor du Vauseyon». In other words, the chasm dug by the river Seyon, whose current was exploited as early as the middle of the 16th century to provide energy for a mill. Now a «Centre d'interprétation des techniques des roues à eau», the Gor du Vauseyon is also, and perhaps above all, a beautiful dream machine.

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