Unusual visit: Orthez and the Wars of Religion told by the baron d'Arros

Name: Unusual visit: Orthez and the Wars of Religion told by the baron d'Arros
Start: 2023-09-16T18:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-16T19:30:00+02:00
Location: Château Moncade

Dive into the Renaissance by visiting the city of Orthez during a walk told, guided by the Baron d'Arros, unknown but exciting character!

Saturday 16 September 2023, 18:00Passed

Conditions

9 € adult. 5 € student - 25 years old, job seekers, young people from 6 to 17 years old. Free - from 5 years old. Groups from 7 to 25 people. Walk of 1h30 led in period costume for adults and children over 6 years. Departure: at the foot of the Moncade To

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©G. Vigneau

Dive into the Renaissance by visiting the city of Orthez during a walk told, guided by the Baron d'Arros, unknown but exciting character!
A man of action and courage, advisor to King Henry II of Navarre, Baron d'Arros was appointed Chief Conductor and Captain General of the armies in 1568 by Jeanne d'Albret.
Follow your passionate guide who embodies this character in period costume and let yourself be captivated by the tumultuous history of the wars of Religion in the Béarn of the 1560s.
Did you know that the Baron supported a two and a half month siege at Navarrenx in 1569? And that he knew 9 kings of France and 5 kings of Navarre? Come and discover a striking figure of Béarn and his many anecdotes that he is eager to tell you!

About the location

Château Moncade

Rue Moncade, 64300 Orthez

Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Presentation(Display) at the ground floor of the donjon of a copy of the book of hunting, with texts and exhibition(exposure) of enlargements of illuminations. Projection of a filmed visit telling and presenting the history(story) of the castle Moncade, as well as a movie 3D. Exhibition(Exposure) on Gaston Fébus. Reconstruction of the castle Moncade in the 14th century with the Market town Moncade (model with sound and light). Panorama on old Orthez on the terrace.