Place Saint-Michel has been the heart of Quimperlé’s upper town since medieval times, under the bell tower of Notre-Dame. From its four corners a guide leads walkers towards other monuments of the town’s history, the Ursulines convent among them and the Saint-Eutrope chapel. Archaeological digs on the route have just revealed new secrets, and the walk takes them in. It sets off from the parvis of the église Notre-Dame de l’Assomption.
Tag: Archaeology
Goënidou by Carriage from Berrien
Au Cul du Cheval keeps its yard at Le Goënidou in Berrien, where goats graze beside the horses. Two draught horses, Breton and Percheron, are harnessed before the carriage sets off along the lanes. The driver explains animal traction, Breton history and the local plants on the way. The route ends at the archaeological site of the Goënidou, the ruins of a medieval village its people left. An organic local snack and a Breton tale can be added.
Visite gratuite du Grand Cairn de Barnénez
The Grand Cairn de Barnénez is opened to visitors without a ticket, and it is considered the oldest mausoleum in Europe, raised some six thousand years ago. Its facade runs 72 metres long, 28 metres wide and nearly eight high, and eleven passage burial chambers give it its rhythm. Some tombs still carry engraved messages nobody has read. Guided visits are offered, and the cairn stands on a promontory above the bay of Morlaix.
L’enceinte carolingienne de Paner, Saint-Tugdual
Guides walk visitors over the Paner enclosure at Saint-Tugdual, where the archaeology service has just closed a second consecutive summer of excavation. What they set out has not been published anywhere: the findings of that season, taken trench by trench. N. Coustet-Larroque and J-P Eludut lead the visit, which leaves from the Place de la mairie. The Carolingian enclosure itself is the subject, and the reading of it is the part that has changed.
La musique dans l’Antiquité celtique
Julian Cuvilliez consacre cette conférence à ce que l’on sait de la musique des Celtes et aux instruments dont jouaient les Gaulois. Il projette en 3D des artefacts rarement montrés et fait sonner des instruments reconstitués par l’archéologie expérimentale. Parmi les pièces commentées, le buste du Barde à la lyre et les monnaies du trésor des Baïocasses. Un temps de rencontre et d’échanges prolonge la séance.
Des ruines au musée, abbaye de Landévennec
La visite accompagnée conduit du musée départemental aux vestiges de l’ancienne abbaye de Landévennec, l’un des plus anciens monastères de Bretagne. Les salles déroulent le résultat de 25 ans de fouilles et 1 500 ans d’histoire bretonne. Le parcours suit ensuite l’évolution architecturale du site, de l’époque carolingienne à sa reconstruction romane. Il s’achève au jardin des simples, reconstitué d’après des graines retrouvées en fouille.
Quand l’Antiquité défie vos sens, à Coriosolis
The ArchéoMusée Coriosolis opens to a small booked group at the close of the blue hour. Its three immersive rooms are met by smell, touch and sound, not by labels. Corseul was the antique capital of the Coriosolites, and the collections come from digs on that territory. A headset sets the visitor beside Lelius, a young coriosolite, at a ceremony in the great sanctuary whose ruins stand on the site.
Des tours à l’abbaye ?! The Landévennec fortress
In the thirteenth century the abbey of Landévennec became a fortified castle: towers, moats and drawbridges surrounded the church and the monastic buildings. The exhibition traces that change, shaped by power struggles, ambitions and wealth. Archaeological artefacts, games and interactive displays punctuate the tour, and a digital reconstruction in three dimensions puts the abbey back as it stood in the Middle Ages. The monks’ daily lives figure alongside.
Les seigneurs des tranchées: Archaeology Debate
Archaeologists and planning professionals meet in Moulins for Les seigneurs des tranchées, a discussion of preventive archaeology. The talk examines excavations carried out before motorways, housing and railways are built, including unexpected finds and the demands of major construction projects. Admission to the conference and debate is free.
Fête Gauloise 2026 — Musée départemental du Sel in Marsal
The Fête Gauloise at the Musée départemental du Sel in Marsal is a compact but high-value heritage event for Moselle. Set at the Porte de France, beside a museum dedicated to the salt landscape of the Saulnois, the weekend brings Gaulish and Celtic history into public space through reenactment camps, craft demonstrations, combat presentations and family workshops. The event is rooted in a specific historical territory: Marsal’s salt, frontier heritage and archaeological imagination give the programme a clear local identity. For visitors, it offers an approachable way to connect ancient history with the material culture of the region, while keeping the focus on place rather than on generic spectacle.