Guided tour around raising awareness in the protection(saving) of heritage

Name: Guided tour around raising awareness in the protection(saving) of heritage
Start: 2018-09-15T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2018-09-16T18:30:00+02:00
Location: Château fort de Pirou

A castle of the XIIth century to discover between conquests and legends

15 and 16 September 2018Passed

Conditions

3 €, free for people under 18

Crédit : Fondation Abbaye de La Lucerne d'Outremer

Implanted on a site Viking, the Fortified castle of Pirou is a fortress of the XIIth century.
The legend of the gooses of Pirou, one of the most popular of Cotentin, pretends(claims) to attach the origin of this fortified castle to Scandinavian invasions.
Head - of work of medieval military architecture, travel(browse) one in family 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.
You will discover to it: the bakery, the press, the chapel, the room of tartan rugs with the tapestry of Pirou, the home and the path round the battlements with its beautiful roofing of schist.
Regular departures of visits.

About the location

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.