May 2025

Saturday 17
- 20:00 - 23:59

Musée régional du Donjon de Fouras

Place Vauban, 17450 Fouras, France

Charente-Maritime

Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Self-guided tour of the collections

Name: Self-guided tour of the collections
Start: 2025-05-17T20:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-05-17T23:59:00+02:00
Location: Musée régional du Donjon de Fouras

Discover the collections of the Musée de Fouras by night.

Saturday 17 May, 20:00

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Discover the collections of the Musée de Fouras by night.

May 2025

Saturday 17
- 20:00 - 23:59

Additionnal information

Types of events

Free visit

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Conditions for participation

Free entrance

Type de public

Anyone

About the location

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Musée régional du Donjon de Fouras

Place Vauban, 17450 Fouras, France

Charente-Maritime

Nouvelle-Aquitaine

History of the dungeon, Fort Vauban and the forts of Enet, the Aiguille and the Pointe. History of the peninsula of Fouras (Gallo-Roman period and from the 17th to the 20th centuries). Embarkation of Napoleon I at Fouras on July 8, 1815\. Local Gallo-Roman historical objects, ancient maps and plans, fossil collections, shells, authentic documents on Pierre Loti and many objects from the seaside resort, since the mid-nineteenth century. On the second floor, costumes and headdresses, sea birds, souvenirs of sailors, many models of sailing boats. Library of more than 2,000 books on Aunis and Saintonge. From the top of the terrace, 40 meters above sea level, with two orientation tables, you can discover the entire coast of Charente.

Tags

Musée de France, Archeology, Museum of Arts, History, Society and civilisation, Located in a rural area

Access

By motorway then road: • from Bordeaux via the A10 to Saintes then the A837 to Rochefort and the D137 to the peninsula. • from Paris via the A10 to Niort Sud and the N11 and D137\. Free parking. By train: • Saint-Laurent-de-la-Prée station at 5 km with bus connection to Fouras and relay parking. • Rochefort station at 14 km (18 min). • TGV stations in La Rochelle (27 km – 29 min) and Surgères (38 km – 39 min). By collective transport: • R'bus line G organized by the Communauté d'Agglomération Rochefort Océan. • Les Mouettes line 6, departmental transportation network (during the summer period).

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May 2025

Freie Besichtigung der Sammlungen

Self-guided tour of the collections

Visita autoguidata alle collezioni

Visite libre des collections

Visita autoguiada de las colecciones

May 2025