Guided tour: discover rare know-how where ancestral traditions blend with cutting-edge technologies
The Cornille Havard Bell Foundry is the heir of a long tradition of bell foundries installed in Villedieu les Poêles since the Middle Ages.
20 and 21 SeptemberPassed
Conditions
Duration 1h, 9,8€, 8,5€ (6-11 years), free <6 years, groups on reservation.
A.Minard
The Cornille Havard Bell Foundry is the heir of a long tradition of bell foundries installed in Villedieu les Poêles since the Middle Ages. In the workshop built in 1865 a hundred monumental bells are built each year thus perpetuating the know-how and methods of the companions of yesteryear. Renowned for its excellence, Cornille Havard created the new bells of Notre-Dame de Paris. During the visit, you discover the bells being built. For the more playful, bells and chimes are installed in the courtyard. Ring them! Come live and share the emotion of this unique place.