The Vendée Department invites you to discover the Chateau de Tiffauges and its amazing conservatory of medieval war machines. Clinging to a rocky spur, on an exceptional site at the confluence of the Sèvre Nantaise, the castle is a type of medieval military archiotecture.
Tiffauges Castle has about fifteen pieces in its conservatory of war machines tested during performances.
Covering defence, attack or construction, this conservatory is today the largest collection of medieval reconstitution objects in operation in Europe.
The site presents demonstrations of real shots, addressed in fun and educational ways, but also scientific thanks to the thematic visits.
True witnesses of the evolution of techniques, the jet machines constitute a real artillery that could be used for a siege or in open field.
Several centuries before the development of the powder artillery, huge jet engines demolished the walls of the castles by throwing projectiles of several hundred kilos.
Boasting the largest belfry in France, the Château de Tiffauges has recently expanded its collection with the acquisition of a new machine: THE LARGEST TREBUCHET WITH CARRIER WHEEL in Western France.