Guided tour and workshops Fortress of Polignac

Name: Visite et ateliers participatifs Forteresse de Polignac
Start: 2022-09-17T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Forteresse de Polignac

The Polignac Fortress opens its doors with many participatory workshops for the family public, guided tours and free tours of the Fortress.

17 et 18 septembre 2022Passat

Association Forteresse Polignac Patrimoine

Guided tours of the fortress of Polignac at 15:00, Saturday 17 September and Sunday 18 September.
Duration: About 1h30; without reservation.
Participatory workshops for families continuously, without reservation:

Workshop on colours in the Middle Ages
workshop crest
stone cutting workshop
Calligraphy workshop;
Forging workshop
wooden games
Opening hours:
10:00-18:00 non-stop
One-time discounted rate:
3 € per person/ free for children under 6 years.

À propos du lieu

Forteresse de Polignac

43000 Polignac, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Haute-Loire
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Located 5 kilometers north-west of Puy-en-Velay, the fortress of Polignac is a unique site in Auvergne in all points of view. It is in this powerful and dominating castle that the exceptional House of Polignac was born. The site was classified as a historic monument in 1840 and has attracted the interest of scholars and researchers since the 16th century. The volcanic platform on which the castle has settled impresses by its size of nearly 3 hectares as well as by the domination that it exerts on the basin of Puy since its 800 meters of altitude. The fortress of Polignac, which is already a feast for the eyes of the outside, offers, at the top of the keep of 32 meters, a panorama that will charm everyone: the basin of Puy stretches before your eyes, and in the distance, they are the mountains of Velay, the Meygal and Mézenc massifs that delight the pupils. The abandonment of Polignac for the more pleasant Château de Lavoûte, the departure to the court of Versailles, the Revolution wher

Etiquetas

Château, hôtel urbain, palais, manoir, Édifice militaire, enceinte urbaine, Lieu de pouvoir, édifice judiciaire, Monument historique

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