Visit an exceptionally open medieval tower

Name: Visit an exceptionally open medieval tower
Start: 2023-09-16T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T19:00:00+02:00
Location: Tour du Quai des Peceaux

Go back in time and enter the medieval city that the famous Jean de Joinville knew! Visible from the Quai des Peceaux, this 13th-century tower is the best-preserved vestige of the enc…

16 and 17 September 2023Passed

Conditions

Free entry

Go back in time and enter the medieval city that knew the famous Jean de Joinville! Visible from the Quai des Peceaux, this 13th-century tower is the best-preserved remnant of the walled enclosure that surrounded the town of Joinville in the Middle Ages. Located on a private property, it is exceptionally open to visitors.
Explanatory signs are available inside.

About the location

Tour du Quai des Peceaux

4 Rue de la Fontaine, 52300 Joinville

Haute-Marne
Grand Est

The round tower of the Quai des Peceaux has been protected as a Historic Monument since 1942\. Now integrated into the private houses on the left bank of the mill’s reach, this tower is the only remnant of the 1.2 km of fortifications that surrounded the town of Joinville.