September 2025

Zaterdag 20
- 14:00 - 14:30
Zondag 21
- 14:00 - 14:30

Porte Longe-Porte

Rue Longe-Porte 52200 Langres

Haute-Marne

Grand Est

Guided tour of the Longe-Porte gate and the Octroi

Name: Guided tour of the Longe-Porte gate and the Octroi
Start: 2025-09-20T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-09-21T14:30:00+02:00
Location: Porte Longe-Porte

Dive into the heart of local history through a flash visit to the Longe-Porte gate, one of the emblematic vestiges of the city’s architectural heritage, as well as the Octroi, located in...

20 en 21 september 2025

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Dive into the heart of local history through a flash tour of the Longe-Porte gate, one of the emblematic vestiges of the architectural heritage of the city, as well as the Octroi, located nearby.

September 2025

Zaterdag 20
- 14:00 - 14:30
Zondag 21
- 14:00 - 14:30

Additionnal information

Types d'événement

Visite commentée

Specificities

Exceptional opening

Thèmes 2025

Architectural heritage

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Conditions de participation

Gratuit

Type de public

Tout public

Over de locatie

Porte Longe-Porte

Rue Longe-Porte 52200 Langres

Haute-Marne

Grand Est

The gate marks the northern culmination of the ancient Gallo-Roman cardo. Until the restoration work of the Genie, in the middle of the 19th century, one could still see the traces of a Gallo-Roman arch similar to the one that remains.
The origin of the name of this gate could result either from an interpretation of the existence of this arch (longua porta: long gate), or from a legend (written by a Langres canon in the 16th century) attributing the founding of the city to a mythical king, descendant of Noah (Longo, from where Longo porta: door of Longo), whose effigy was on a console on the city side.
Anyway, this door remains the oldest exit from Langres still in use. One can legitimately think that this double-arched arch (end of the first century BC or beginning of the first century AD) remained isolated until the construction of the first enclosure (middle of the third century), in which it would have been integrated by being deeply modified (condemned west arcade, narrowed east a

September 2025

Führung durch das Longiportentor und die Octroi

Guided tour of the Longe-Porte gate and the Octroi

Visita guidata della porta Longhore e dell'Octroi

Visite guidée de la porte Longe-Porte et de l’Octroi

Visita guiada de la puerta Longe-Porte y del Octroi

September 2025