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21 and 22 SeptemberPassed
Conditions
Free. Without reservation.
September 2024
Saturday 21
10:30 - 18:30
Sunday 22
10:00 - 18:00

Castella de Labarre

Hameau de Labarre, 09000 Foix
  • Ariège
  • Occitanie

Guided tour: «The Castella of Labarre in music»

For the occasion of the European Heritage Days 2024 the members of the association of the friends of the Castella de Labarre will welcome visitors on the site of the Castella in Labarre le…
21 and 22 SeptemberPassed
Conditions
Free. Without reservation.
©Pierre Salvaing pour l'association des amis du Castella de Labarre

For the occasion of the European Heritage Days 2024 the members of the association of the friends of Castella de Labarre will welcome visitors and visitors to the site of Castella in Labarre on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 September.
On Saturday the members of the association will ensure three commented visits of the site, one in the morning at 10:30 and the other two in the afternoon, at 14:30 and then at 16:00. Visitors will be expected on the site of the Castella for the beginning of the visits. Refreshments will be offered to the present.
The next day Sunday several activities will be provided on the site. Visits first will be proposed, as well as the day before. But these visits will begin, for those who wish it, with a discovery, or rediscovery, of a part of the road of the rock of Labarre which is not usually presented by the members of the association. Visits will therefore be longer, start earlier and end later.
Thus the morning tour will start from the bridge over the Alses to Labarre at 10am and will end around noon at the bridge over the Alses. One of the association’s members will guide visitors along the route. On the site of Castella around 11am a musical interlude will be played by Sophie Boudier and Antoine Cochet - The Croco boots, songs with little onions - for the visitors who will have followed this visit.
In the same spirit, in the afternoon a visit will be launched from the bridge over the Alses at 2pm. This visit will be even longer than the morning because interspersed with several musical interludes played on the site of Castella. The return to the bridge over the Alses should be ensured around 5:30 pm.
During the afternoon, those who wish could of course go directly to the Castella site to enjoy the musical interludes offered, and incidentally the guided tour of the site.
Will occur in the afternoon

  • At 2:30 pm, Pascale Respaud who will tell tales first and then at 3 pm the members of the choir she leads who will sing Occitan songs
    • At 3:45 p.m., Les hautbois d’Ariège, which will perform medieval music, then Jean-Michel Maury and company, who will play several compositions and arrangements by the same Jean-Michel Maury
    • At 4:30 pm, the band Zinga-Zanga will play traditional music.
      While waiting for musical interventions the members of the association of the friends of the Castella de Labarre will provide brief presentations of unusual parts of the site, usually not presented.
      On Sundays, people who would like to eat at midday on the Castella site with the members of the association. The principle of sharing food and drinks will be appropriate.
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Thèmes 2024
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About the location

Castella de Labarre
Hameau de Labarre, 09000 Foix
  • Ariège
  • Occitanie
The site of the Castella de Labarre is known for having once been a fortified place, in medieval and then in modern times. The remains of the fortification elevations and some of the peripheral developments - ditches in particular - still bear witness to its past vocation. The Castella is now accessible by a pleasant and easy path that crosses the site. An association was formed in the course of 2020 to help in the knowledge as well as in the promotion of the site.
Brief history of the site: The Castella de Labarre is a castral site whose existence is attested by the texts from 1170\. The stronghold is then also the living place of a community of inhabitants settled around the «castle» which dominates the hold. The whole is encircled and protected by dry ditches but also by the relief of the rock of Labarre with steep marked. This stronghold appears to have been abandoned early, although probably gradually. The taking of the «castle» in the early years of the so-called crusade against
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Access
The Castella de Labarre is close to the church of the hamlet of Labarre which it dominates. To reach it, take the marked path that opens on the right hand on rue de l'Église and borders the cemetery.
©Association des amis du Castella de Labarre