Guided tour of the 13th century Colombier, then visit of the eco-museum. Hours 10:00, 11:30, 14:30 and 16:30.
This farm includes many buildings that delimit a closed courtyard with a dovecote in its center.
Some constructions, notably the dovecote, were already present on the plans of the register of the tenant extracts of Rotz (1387).
The religious of Saint-Ouen owned a dovecote by virtue of a right granted to them by the White Queen of Castile during the second Regency (1250).
In Normandy, the right to have a dovecote was a privilege; one had to own a fief of haubert and own 200 to 600 hectares of land.
It was a highly regulated feudal right and an undeniable mark of nobility. The right to colombier was passed down from generation to generation to the elder.
The eco-museum gathers ancient agricultural tools and also objects related to the everyday life of the farms of yesteryear: for example a remarkable bed of the groom who served him in the stable to stay with the horses...