Sailing on the Charente in the early Middle Ages

Name: La navegación en el Charente en la Alta Edad Media
Start: 2024-09-21T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2024-09-21T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Quai de la Libération

Presentation of the facsimile of a Merovingian boat by La Caravane du Ponant, troupe of medieval reconstructions. Animations and workshops around a navigation demonstration (depending on the...

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Troupe La Caravane du Ponant ©DRAC Stéphanie Bérusseau

Presentation of the facsimile of a Merovingian boat by La Caravane du Ponant, troupe of medieval reconstructions. Animations and workshops around a demonstration of navigation (depending on the tides).

Types d'événement

Atelier / Démonstration / Savoir-faire

Thèmes 2024

Patrimoine maritime, Patrimoines des itinéraires, des réseaux et des connexions

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Conditions de participation

Gratuit, Sans réservation

Type de public

Tout public

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About the location

Quai de la Libération

Place de la Marine, 17430 Tonnay-Charente

Charente-Maritime
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

For a few months now, the Quai de la Libération has hosted the facsimile of a Merovingian boat, named Mona on July 14, 2024\. The project was not intended to build a Merovingian boat according to the techniques of the time, but to answer the questions that remained suspended after the archaeological excavation campaigns. It is the architecture of these boats, their nautical characteristics, the possible techniques of navigation that constitute the main body of this experience. If coherent answers can be provided to these subjects, the destination of use of these boats and their employment framework (river and maritime space) will be better identified. The experimental phase will therefore begin with navigation tests, load tests, etc. Do not hesitate to come forward if you are interested (e) in this experimental phase! The actors: • La DRAC Nouvelle-Aquitaine, • La Ville de Tonnay-Charente, La Croix Rouge, • La Institut médico-professionnel de Tonnay-Charente (IMPRO – Croix-Rouge frança