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17 and 18 September 2022Passed
Conditions
Free entry - Application of sanitary measures in force
September 2022
Saturday 17
10:00 - 18:00
Sunday 18
10:00 - 18:00
6 to 99 years old

Château de tiffauges (ensemble de vestiges)

Rue de la Vallée, 85130 Tiffauges
  • Vendée
  • Pays de la Loire

Free and guided tour of the medieval fortress of Tiffauges

Free and guided tour of the medieval fortress of Tiffauges
17 and 18 September 2022Passed
Conditions
Free entry - Application of sanitary measures in force
© B. GENDRON

The Vendée Department invites you to discover the Chateau de Tiffauges and its amazing conservatory of medieval war machines. Clinging to a rocky spur, on an exceptional site at the confluence of the Sèvre Nantaise, the castle is a type of medieval military archiotecture.
02 51 67 60 00 http://www.sitesculturels.vendee.fr

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Château de tiffauges (ensemble de vestiges)
Rue de la Vallée, 85130 Tiffauges
  • Vendée
  • Pays de la Loire
The dungeon was the seat of an important barony as early as XI°, and was built in 1104\. Held at the beginning of the XV° by Gilles de Rais, who did substantial work there, the castle took an active part in the Wars of Religion in the second half of the XVI°. It fell into ruin between 1650 and 1700\. The extensive walled enclosure of 15 towers and a barbacan is an overview of the evolution of medieval military architecture: XII° squared dungeon with hemicylindrical buttresses, modified in its upper parts according to the residential and military imperatives of XV°; XIII° arched towers applied to the enclosure; northwest of the enclosure;here, the monumental defensive system of the Round and Vidame towers, presents the ultimate adaptation of the fortifications of the Middle Ages to the constraints of the artillery, around 1520.
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Château, hôtel urbain, palais, manoir, Monument historique