Coin Minting Demonstration

Name: Démonstration de frappe de la monnaie
Start: 2022-09-17T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-17T16:00:00+02:00
Location: Cité médiévale

Demonstration of minting of the currency by the association crémolane EPIC (Study of the Heritage of the Isle Crémieu)

Samedi 17 septembre 2022, 14h00Passé

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This coin minting demonstration is carried out by the Crémolane association EPIC (Etude du Patrimoine de l'Isle Crémieu). This demonstration pays tribute to the past of our medieval city. Indeed, Crémieu was a place where money was minted. It was a major economic hub. This demonstration allows us to share and perpetuate this know-how.
Free demonstration. Saturday 17 September, from 2pm.

À propos du lieu

Cité médiévale

Cité médiévale Crémieu, 38460 Crémieu

Isère
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Crémieu is the capital of Isle-crémieu, a country in the heart of the Dauphiné, 40 km from Lyon. The territory of Isle-Crémieu has a wide variety of landscapes combining woods, ponds, rivers in the plains and high cliffs. The architecture of limestone and slate roofs (roofs in Isle-Crémieu) remains a striking feature of the landscape. Crémieu distinguished itself from the twelfth century with the installation of a priory of Benedictines at the top of the cliffs of Saint-Hippolyte and a castle on the hill Saint-Laurent. The city developed between the two hills. Dauphinoise since 1282 and bordering the Savoy, it plays an important military role and enjoys important commercial privileges. It was at the centre of the grain trade and entered Savoy, France, Italy and Switzerland. The installation of the Convent of the Augustinians and of a workshop for the minting of money marked a period of prosperity that lasted two centuries. The defensive system and a large hall were built in the 4th cen