Free tour of the outdoors with panels and photos, guided and commented tour of the interiors

Name: Visita libre y gratuita de los exteriores con paneles y fotos, visita guiada y comentada de los interiores
Start: 2023-09-16T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Château de Meauce

Free tour of the outdoors, with before/after photos and exhibition panels on the history of the site -- Guided and commented tour of the interior fittings

16 i 17 septiembre 2023Passed

FREE TOUR OF THE OUTDOORS:

Free access to the site, park and exterior of the castle. Panels and photos will measure the evolution before/after the work.

GUIDED TOUR AND COMMENTS:

Guided and commented tour of the interiors with in particular the presentation of the amenities of the living rooms (places limited, 5€ and free - 26 years, reservation on site).

FOR CHILDREN (and adults)

Old wooden games will be in the park, made available to children.

CATERING:

A snack bar and shop will offer a small restaurant on site

About the location

Château de Meauce

58470 Meauce

Nièvre
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

The castle of Meauce: it is a unique architecture, but also an archaeological site! Its particular shape, round, surrounded by its moat, bathed and fed by the river Allier makes it an original element of medieval architecture. Few castles look like Meauce. Its abandonment for such a long time and the absence of modification and improvement in the nineteenth century make Meauce an interesting element of studies. It remained in its «juice», and will allow to restore it in its appearance as it was in the middle of the eighteenth century with all the traces of its evolution over the previous centuries. Today, its 14 ha, its dead arm of the alliance, the double avenue of linden, the ancient medieval enclosure, the barns and the hamlet are fully classified Historical Monument. The Castle of Meauce is located in Natura 2000 zone and on the classified site of Bec d'Allier (site where the Loire meets the Allier). An ornithological richness is present on this site: Crane Ash, Heron Bihoreau, Whi