I visited Guedelon castle, a site were they are building a medieval castle the medievall way since 1997. It’s about two thirds finished now.
It’s surrounded by people working trades, just like back in the day. There’s a water mill, pottery, blacksmiths, masons, pigment makers and everything.
It’s living history, not in the American way were they pretend to be from the period, but people into crafts you can ask stuff.
It’s one of the more unique muséal expériences I’ve had.
The work they do with historians is really interesting, when they need informations about how people where doing X at this period the historian guide them but sometimes the historian have several contradicting theories so they test the theory on the site and report to the historian which one is actually working.
I visited Guedelon castle, a site were they are building a medieval castle the medievall way since 1997. It’s about two thirds finished now.
It’s surrounded by people working trades, just like back in the day. There’s a water mill, pottery, blacksmiths, masons, pigment makers and everything.
It’s living history, not in the American way were they pretend to be from the period, but people into crafts you can ask stuff.
It’s one of the more unique muséal expériences I’ve had.
I loved the visit too.
The work they do with historians is really interesting, when they need informations about how people where doing X at this period the historian guide them but sometimes the historian have several contradicting theories so they test the theory on the site and report to the historian which one is actually working.