Free and guided tour of the medieval fortress of Tiffauges

Name: Free and guided tour of the medieval fortress of Tiffauges
Start: 2023-09-16T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Château de tiffauges (ensemble de vestiges)

16 and 17 September 2023Passed

Conditions

Free entry

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://nossites.vendee.fr

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Conditions de participation

Gratuit

Type de public

Tout public

About the location

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.