Zaterdag 19 september, 14u00

September 2026

Zaterdag 19
- 14:00 - 17:00

La Tour prisonnière et les Souterrains

Rue des Fossés de la Tour Prisonnière 03300 CUSSET

Allier

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Popular Music and Arts of the late 19th century with La Sabotée Cussétoise

Name: Popular Music and Arts of the late 19th century with La Sabotée Cussétoise
Start: 2026-09-19T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-09-19T17:00:00+02:00
Location: La Tour prisonnière et les Souterrains

Make way for local folklore! This living heritage is divided into notes and scenes: let yourself be carried away by the musical interludes throughout the afternoon, without missing the "stage" of the

Zaterdag 19 september, 14u00

Make way for local folklore! This living heritage is divided into notes and scenes: let yourself be carried away by the musical interludes throughout the afternoon, without missing the "stage" of the children. A warm and popular parenthesis.

September 2026

Zaterdag 19
- 14:00 - 17:00

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La Tour prisonnière et les Souterrains

Rue des Fossés de la Tour Prisonnière 03300 CUSSET

Allier

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

The last vestiges of the fortifications erected at the end of the 15th century, commissioned by Louis XI, the Prisoner Tower and the Underground offer a real dive into the medieval history of Cusset and a place of artistic and playful exploration of the 21st century.
Built between 1476 and 1483 by the architect Vauzy de Saint-Martin, the fortifications of Cusset were entirely surrounded by a vast ditch fed by the river "Sichon". Four gates allowed access to the city, equipped with drawbridges and sleeping bridges and five artillery towers to the many shooting areas (loopholes and gunboats) composed the elements of these fortifications. From the 17th century, the walls, which had become useless, were demolished except for the Notre-Dame Tower, which had been transformed into a prison since the 16th century (which explains its current name of Prisoner Tower). In parallel to the dismantling, the ditches are also filled, so that the low galleries of the doors that were flush with the water

September 2026

Populäre Musik und Kunst des späten 19\. Jahrhunderts mit La Sabotée Cussétoise

Popular Music and Arts of the late 19th century with La Sabotée Cussétoise

Musiche e arti popolari della fine del XIX secolo con La Sabotée Cussétoise

Musiques et Arts Populaires de la fin du XIXe siècle avec La Sabotée Cussétoise

Música y artes populares de finales del siglo XIX con La Sabotée Cussétoise

September 2026