Conference "Behind the tarpaulins... Archaeological secrets and restoration"

Name: Conference "Behind the tarpaulins... Archaeological secrets and restoration"
Start: 2022-09-17T11:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-17T17:10:00+02:00
Location: Domaine d'Harcourt

At the foot of the castle, meet Gilles Deshayes, archaeologist in charge of the monitoring of the work, to learn all the latest news of this incredible construction site.

Saturday 17 September 2022, 11:00, 14:30, 16:30Passed

Conditions

On reservation.

Registration

02 32 46 29 70

Domaine d'Harcourt (27)

Behind the tarpaulins...

Archaeological secrets and restoration project

From the floors to the ceilings, through the walls, the medieval fortress, property of the Eure Department**, gets a makeover!**
On the occasion of JEP 2022, Gilles Deshayes will present to the public the restoration project, but also the current and future archaeological work as well as the construction study in progress. From the lower courtyard at the foot of the scaffolding, the outdoor conference will look like guided tours all around the castle under construction.
For a year, the former seigneurial home has been home to several teams of workers for important conservation work. Upstream, the Departmental Archaeological Mission of the Eure carried out an inventory of graffiti and a photogrammetric survey of the building. The latter currently monitors the work and archaeological studies of the building during the various phases of the construction site. This weekend, come meet the archaeologists of the MADE and discover the progress of this unusual project.
Duration: 40 mn

About the location

Domaine d'Harcourt

13 rue du château, 27800 Harcourt

Eure
Normandie

At the heart of a 95 hectare forest, the castle of XIITH - XIVTH centuries altered in the XVIIth century is surrounded with a part(party) of the wall of surrounding wall(speaker) and lined with a double ditch(gap). A permanent exhibition presents to the visitors the history(story) of the castle, the evolution of its architecture and the history(story) of the family of Harcourt. Real plant heritage making hanging on the architectural qualities of the building(ship), the arboretum includes 470 sorts(species) of trees divided on 11 hectares. Created at the beginning of the XIXth century, it should be one of the first arboretums of France to introduce certain still unknown sorts(species) then, as the cedars of Lebanon or sequoias.