15-16 August 2009: Merovingian Days

Meetings with the "Théâtre de 7 lieues"
An appointment not to be missed, with family or friends.

isitors of the 21st century! On 15 and 16 August, the Museum will be in a spatio-temporal exceptional fault line!

Notify parents and grandparents, do not forget the children, the "Théâtre des 7 Lieues" will re-discover the barbaric time as you never seen!

Prices: adults € 5 / € 2 children (6-12 years)

uring Merovingians Days, the group of the Franks of Marla Curtis attempts to replicate what had to be the everyday lives of Merovingian Franks peasants on sites reconstitutes at Marle: Merovingian Farm and Frank Village in the Archaeological Park . The photos will give you a taste of these days, which are held for 14 years.

The pace is much calmer than the festival, the crowd is smaller, you'll have time to discuss and question each on its activity on the daily lives of our ancestors the Franks.

In an effort to make the History "Alive", archaeologists, excavators, enthusiasts of all persuasions have decided to revive the past largely ignored through animations in period costumes. The "Merovingians Days" allow through various activities and demonstrations in period costume to give an idea of the daily life of the countryside to the High Middle Ages: dye plant, basket weaving, iron working, spinning, weaving, pottery, stone carving, etc ..., associated with animals in the yard, recreating the atmosphere of a farm of VI-VII century.

Demonstrations launch ax and archery are also available to the public.

Similarly, it is possible to eat on the spot not only bread and cakes, and also a real Merovingian soup based ingredients certified at the time.

It is a veritable outdoor museum of living history, which paraded in front of the public.

Reconstructions combined with a highly scientific approach

t Marle, it is not in the "about" or in disguise ...

The originality, and certainly the uniqueness of this set, reside in the fact that archaeologists have liked to go after their archaeological and pedagogical approach, starting with a single site. Accessories clothing (buckles, plate belt loops), the objects of adornment (necklaces, buckles, bracelets), weapons, etc.. replicas are identical to the objects discovered in the tombs of Goudelancourt.

This is an example probably unique in France in situ recovery of both the archaeological structures, objects and the appearance of people, all without exception are faithful to the site and one site.

After some trial and error and mistakes of youth, perfectionism archaeologists will now propose to "replicas live" as the subject buried in tomb 190 or the woman of the 232 falls, or the young warrior the tomb 322.

Schedules

From 2PM to 7PM

>> Photos taken at recent «Merovingian Days»
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