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Heritage Workshops
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Study the coat-of-arms codes through game-playing and productive activities. Children ages 8 to 12 (3rd grade -7th grade)
Purposes: children learn to recognize the codes of heraldry and use them to create their own coat of arms. |
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> Workshop 2 - Military Architecture in the Middle Ages |
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Learning about the castle's defensive system from the point of view of the assailants or the defenders. Children ages 9 to 14 (4th grade - 9th grade)
Purposes: having identified all the defensive elements of the castle through the mission entrusted to them, the children will have perfect knowledge of the defensive system. |
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> Workshop 3 - Besieging Techniques and Weapons of the Middle Ages |
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Introduction to siege warfare and the handling of offensive and defensive weapons Children ages 8 to 13 (3rd grade - 8th grade)
Purposes: the handling of weapons combined with the explanation provides a practical knowledge of the warfare techniques used in the Middle Ages. |
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> Workshop 4 - the Art of Calligraphy |
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Introduction to Gothic Handwriting Chilren ages 8 to 13 (3th grade - 8th grade)
Purposes: the children are instructed to perform gothic handwriting and to compose illuminated letters. They learn to use a new tool, the stylus. |
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> Workshop 5 - Measures and Measuring in the Middle Ages |
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Discovering the measuring system used in the Middle Ages Children ages 9 to 13 (4th grade -8th grade)
Purposes: the children learn to measure in feet and thumbs (inches) and apply these measures to building a mock-up. |
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> Workshop 6 – Arts and pleasures of the table |
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A discovery of the food and dining customs in medieval society
Children aged 9 to 14 (upper primary – lower secondary)
Purposes: Children are involved in preparing and composing meals in a medieval castle. They learn all about dining customs in practice in the late Middle Ages and banquet formalities. |
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Tutorial document sent on request Picnics possible of the banks of the Dordogne Hiking trails: GR 64 and PR 14 |
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| > Opening Dates and Times |
Open every day, all year round.
February, March and from Oct. to 11 Nov. : 10am to 6pm - April, May, June, Sept.: 10am to 7pm July, August: 9am to 8pm - From 12 Nov. to end of January: 2pm to 5pm Nighttime visits at 8:15pm
every evening except weekends
Last admission 1 hour before closing time Unguided visits last from an hour to an hour and a half. - Medieval shop/bookshop open all year round, tavern in season
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