Discover the old copper mines accompanied by a specialist
Guided tours of the former copper mines of Thillot and exceptional opening of the Art Gallery located in the territory of the municipality of Fresse-sur-Moselle.
The visit leads visitors to galleries dug at different times and allows them to understand the organization of the mine site, to follow the evolution of drilling techniques and to observe pumping equipment that has remained in place for more than two centuries. The numerous surface remains constitute a typical mining landscape.
Enjoy the exceptional opening of the «Galerie des Arts» on the territory of the municipality of Fresse-sur-Moselle. The guided tour allows you to discover this exceptional gallery of mine, illustrative of the beginnings of the use of powder in mine. The architecture of this gallery testifies to the gestures of the miners and recorded traces of remarkable tools. The gallery has been extended several times between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, visitors will discover on the walls the chronological demonstration in four phases of successive techniques. It is for this reason that a Historic Monument classification has been awarded to this mine.
Access to this gallery will be by foot as part of a walk in the forest of about 40 minutes with elevation.
Various activities will be offered in addition: theater, ancient games for children, etc.