September 2022

Saturday 17
- 14:00 - 19:00
Sunday 18
- 10:00 - 18:00

Château de Pouzauges

Rue du Vieux Château 85700 Pouzauges

Vendée

Pays de la Loire

Guided tour of the dungeon

Name: Guided tour of the dungeon
Start: 2022-09-17T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Château de Pouzauges

Flash Dungeon Tour

17 and 18 September 2022

Passed

Ville de Pouzauges

The guides of the tourist office offer flash tours (1/2h) throughout the day.

September 2022

Saturday 17
- 14:00 - 19:00
Sunday 18
- 10:00 - 18:00

Additionnal information

Types d'événement

Visite commentée / Conférence

Thème 2022

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Gratuit

About the location

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Château de Pouzauges

Rue du Vieux Château 85700 Pouzauges

Vendée

Pays de la Loire

The construction of the keep dates from the 12th century, on the initiative of the Viscount of Thouars, one of the most powerful families of Poitou. At the beginning of the 15th century, Catherine de Thouars married Gille de Rais and made the castle her residence. It transforms the austere and cold keep into a residential tower. It adds windows, stairs and sculpted fireplaces. In 1440, on the death of Gilles de Rais, Catherine de Thouars married Jean II de Vendôme and left Pouzauges. It was confiscated by the Revolution and became national before being bought back and returned to its owners in 1801\. The Keep is built on a Niortais type, namely square with rounded corner buttresses. In this, it resembles the Tiffauges Keep, another home of Gilles de Rais. It is 26 meters high and its walls are 1.5 m thick. It has preserved loopholes, windows with cushions, the remains of wood hourds, latrines. The dungeon was protected by fortifications. The main curtain, of the 3 existing at the time,

September 2022

Geführte Tour durch den Kerker

Guided tour of the dungeon

Visita guidata del dungeon

Visite guidée du donjon

Visita guiada a la mazmorra

September 2022