Free visit of the castle of Pirou

Name: Visite libre du château fort de Pirou
Start: 2022-09-17T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Château fort de Pirou

Discovery of the castle.

17 et 18 septembre 2022Passé

Self-guided visit using explanatory panels located along a signposted route. During the visit you can discover the history and the legend of the castle of Pirou, as well as its embroidery made at the point of Bayeux.

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Visite libre

Thème 2022

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Château fort de Pirou

Le château, 50770 Pirou

Manche
Normandie

Head - of work of medieval military architecture, travel(browse) one of the most old(former) very Norman castles, among the best keeping(preserving) thanks to the remarkable restoration(catering) initiated since 1966, at the instigation of the abbot Marcel Lelégard (1925-1994) and pursued by Foundation Abbey of Lucerne. Built in the XIIth century s. on an artificial island the castle, endowed with high ramparts is surrounded with three staves(moats) and with five strengthened doors. The tapestry of Pirou, embroidery on linen, relates the conquest of Italy of the South by Normans. Finally, the very old legend of the Gooses of Pirou evokes the transformation of the inhabitants of the castle in gooses.
A knight of Pirou participated in the Conquest of England and received a domain in Somerset where his family based(established) Stoke-Pero. Further to the seats of Hundred Years' War, the fortified castle was restored in the XVth, XVIIth and XVIIIth century.