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Château de Castelnaud

24250 Castelnaud-la-Chapelle
  • Dordogne
  • Nouvelle-Aquitaine

New events and unusual visits to the castle

Thematic visits «Chateaux Builders and Siege Machines», followed by a trip-shooting demonstration on the weekend programme. Lecture with historian Nicolas Savy on Saturday.
17 i 18 septiembre 2022Passed
©Château de Castelnaud

Thematic visits «Chateaux Builders and Siege Machines», followed by a trip-shooting demonstration on the weekend programme. Lecture with historian Nicolas Savy on Saturday.

  • Thematic visits followed by a trip shot
    «Castles and Siege Machinery Builders»
    Discovering the secrets and construction methods used in the Middle Ages. The visit will be followed by a trebuchet shooting demonstration with a 1/3 scale machine. At 11h - 12h - 15h - 16h - 17h.
  • Meeting with historian Nicolas Savy
    Lecture of 1h, followed by a signing session. Saturday at 2:30 pm.
    On the occasion of the release of his latest work, Les cavaliers de l'apocalypse: La guerrlla anglaise en Languedoc, Auvergne et Limousin (1369-1393), historian Nicolas Savy, a specialist in the Hundred Years War, invites you to explore the great era of the famous «highway».
    They were the embodiment of the «horsemen of the apocalypse». With this in mind, Nicolas Savy offers another reading of the tactical deployment of these troops, who have become professionals of war.
    What role did the castle of Castelnaud play at that time? And its captain nicknamed «the Black Page»? By what stratagem did the local populations submit to these bands of truckers who sat for several decades in the fortress? Nicolas Savy tells us about slices of life lived during this famous conflict that made the Périgord one of the major stakes of the confrontation between France and England.
    Don’t miss: What’s new in 2022
  • a new war machine: the ball!
  • two new films in the museum’s itinerary.
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About the location

Château de Castelnaud
24250 Castelnaud-la-Chapelle
  • Dordogne
  • Nouvelle-Aquitaine
The castle of Castelnaud, in 1966 classified as "Historic Monument", offers a splendid panorama on the valley of the Dordogne. Opened to the public since 1985, this fortified castle is a great(tremendous) military example of architecture devoted to the art of war. Indoors, the museum presents a collection of armours and of weapons. The manorial everyday life is also represented. Outside, the will to stage a besieged castle encouraged the reconstruction of impressive war machines cut real: bird-trap, mangonneau, pierrière, a trifle, bombs.
Tags
Château, hôtel urbain, palais, manoir, Édifice militaire, enceinte urbaine, Espace naturel, parc, jardin i Monument historique
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