Overview

🏰 Dive into history at the Palace-Museum of the Archbishops of Narbonne!

📜 Old Palace – Cour de la Madeleine

At the heart of the Renaissance: camping and reconstitution of a family of scholars from the 15th and 16th centuries, with the troupe La Maisnie de Castelnau. Workshop of Scholarship – The Church in Face of Science and Great Discoveries The Renaissance and the end of the 15th century are marked by a world in full transformation, with the discovery of new civilizations and the New World. Exchanges, the dissemination of knowledge and curiosity are intensifying. Workshops around hunting Discovery of the art of hunting, between nobility and necessity: practices used by our ancestors, equipment used, animals hunted in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, and their symbolism. Workshop on customs and traditions at the Court Immersion in court life, around its scholar at the service of the powerful. Workshop around women Portraits of known or unknown women, presentation of fashion and feminine accessories. A bric-à-brac of wonders: fabrics, colors, models, accessories, perfumes and beauty recipes in use at the court.

⚔️ Jardin de l'Archevêché – The duels of the 15th to 17th century

With Gilles Martinez and the AMHE Academy (European historical martial arts). Presentation of the history of duels, demonstrations of fights, fencing and historical martial techniques. Historians reconstruct these gestures from university studies and scientific experiments on European military knowledge. Demonstration workshops and interaction with the public Saturday and Sunday at 11am, 3pm and 5pm – Palace-Museum of the Archbishops, garden of the Archbishopric Initiation to European Historical Martial Arts – children and adults, with presentation of the armament Saturday and Sunday, continuously from 10am to 12:30pm and from 1:45pm to 6pm – Palace-Museum of the Archbishops, garden of the Archbishopric Informations Free.

Address
Place de l’Hotel de Ville, 11100 Narbonne, France, Aude, Occitanie, France