Visit of an underground quarry

Name: Visit of an underground quarry
Start: 2023-09-17T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Carrara city - Carrières souterraines

Stroll through an old stone quarry, following a signposted circuit.

Sunday 17 September 2023, 10:00, 14:00Passed

Conditions

without registration or reservation

Registration

Ville de Carrières-sur-Seine- service communication

Stroll through an old stone quarry, following a signposted circuit. A cultural place, today dedicated to lovers of sculpture and stone carving.

Types d'événement

Visite libre

Thèmes 2023

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Conditions de participation

Gratuit

Type de public

Tout public

About the location

Carrara city - Carrières souterraines

186 rue Paul Doumer 78420 Carrières-sur-Seine

Yvelines
Île-de-France

Classified as an architectural heritage protection zone, the Underground Quarries extend over one hectare. It is one of the oldest deposits in the region. It is here that were extracted the blocks necessary for the realization of the columns of the abbey of Saint-Denis in the twelfth century as well as those, among others, of the castle of Marly. The great works of Paris carried out by Baron Haussmann required the use of stones cut into large blocks of 3 to 7 tons. They were transported by rail to the capital or, from 1880, by train from the freight station at Houilles-Carrières, which had a lifting gantry.