Guédelon: History in the Making!

An amazing place to visit in the heart of Burgundy – only a couple of hours drive from the Roannais!

In the heart of Puisaye, in Yonne, Burgundy, a team of fifty people have taken on an extraordinary feat: to build a castle using the same techniques and materials used in the Middle Ages.

The wood, stone, earth, sand and clay needed for the castle’s construction are all to be found here, in this abandoned quarry. Watched by thousands of visitors, all the trades associated with castle-building – quarrymen, stonemasons, woodcutters, carpenters, blacksmiths, tile makers, basket makers, rope makers, carters and their horses – are all working together to complete the castle.

Work on the site began in 1997 and is scheduled to take 25 years to complete. Guédelon offers a unique opportunity to witness all the various different phases of a castle’s construction.

Let yourself be transported from the present day, back to the sights and sounds of a 13^th-century construction site.

Guédelon offers something for everyone: archaeologists, historians, teachers, students and families.

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