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Le 5th May 2023
A soul of paleontologist or builder of the Middle Ages? Are you passionate about Taillefer, Lusignan and Valois? We offer you a Top 10 of activities and sites that will fascinate young and old….
Prehistory
Augmented reality dinosaurs
at the Angoulême Museum
The Angeac-Charente site is particularly known for unearthing the remains of one of the largest known dinosaurs in the world. The Angoulême Museum to develop new tools to enrich the visitor experience and further contextualize the museum's permanent collections: projections, virtual reality, digital book, augmented reality, visit application... Do not hesitate to come and discover and test these new features.
The Roc de Sers, Zylex and the Museum des Cavernes
Poï'z of the caves, Zilex don't neglect her look! Lou-ibex on her feet and poncho made of woolly rhinoceros hair, she is at the top of the food chain! But don't be fooled by its Cro-Magnonista side, because this Poï'z, certainly flirtatious, was not born from the last meteor shower. Armed with a doctorate in Prehistory-Geo, Zilex goes through the theory of evolution and the laws of natural selection in less time than it takes to tell! And not to be missed on the course: The Roc de Sers!
The Middle Age
St Amant de Boixe Abbey
The abbey of Saint-Amant-de-Boixe owes its origin to the hermit Lover, who would have lived in the 888th century in the forest of La Boixe. Mentioned for the first time in the texts in 1025, the abbey was refounded a century later by the will of Arnaud, Count of Angoulême. Around XNUMX, Guillaume IV Taillefer, his son, accomplished his father's will: a church was built as well as the buildings surrounding it. Faced with the growing fame of the abbey, Father Guillaume decided to rebuild the eastern part of the abbey church.
In season, an exhibition and activities for families, an interactive fun museum and a bookstore full of gift ideas for young and old. Finally an app "The investigations of Anne Mesia" which offers you a journey through time to live with the family (challenges and riddles) to discover the abbey (available on Google Play et App Store).
Our most beautiful Romanesque churches
The Romanesque churches of Charente, built between the XNUMXth and XNUMXth centuries, are characteristic of Saintonge Romanesque art. They were present in each parish, some have been fortified, others have been redesigned, many have survived the centuries to us... so discover our most beautiful churches....
Lusignan and Taillefer The Château Comtal
Of the former count's castle, of which only the Lusignan dungeon remains (XNUMXe century) and the Valois tower (xve century). From Isabelle TAILLEFER to Marguerite de Valois an epic to discover during visits to the Town Hall.
18th to 19th century
Honoré de Balzac in Angoulême
Honoré de Balzac's three stays with his friend Zulma Carraud at the Angoulême gunpowder factory fueled a novel “Les illusions perdus”. A stroll in the footsteps of Balzac and one of his heroes, Lucien de Rubempré, from old Angoulême to the Houmeau district, will show how Angoulême became the scene of this tragedy. Find the sites, alleys and squares that Honoré BALZAC talks about in his novel “Les illusions perdus”!
The foundry in Ruelle sur Touvre
It was the establishment of the forge, created to cast cannons for the Royal Navy, by Montalembert in 1750, which led to the considerable development of Ruelle sur Touvre, draining at the beginning of the 1821th century a large flow of people who came to seek work. Thus according to the censuses, in 1211 the town had 2032 inhabitants and 1876 in 50, i.e. almost double in just over XNUMX years. This contribution of population caused the modification of the urban landscape. The history of the town is to be discovered on the urban route of the city.
