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Moulin-sous-Touvent medieval festival

14 and 15 September 2024

Dear adventurers and lovers of the past, prepare yourself for an extraordinary journey through time! Join us in the village of Moulin-sous-Touvent for a 100% medieval weekend, where the charm and magic of the Middle Ages come alive before your eyes!

14 and 15 September 2024

Medieval Festival

Set off to explore the village of Moulin-sous-Touvent and discover it in a different light. Knights, troubadours and medieval dancers will stroll there for a weekend, creating a unique atmosphere and allowing you to immerse yourself in the past. With family or friends, you will experience an unforgettable day filled with adventure, laughter and discoveries. Total immersion is guaranteed, in an era that has inspired many legends and wonders! Come and create your unforgettable memories...

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Day 1

Saturday, September 14

From 10h00 : opening of the medieval festival

Throughout the day, numerous troupes will parade through the village and you will be able to attend numerous demonstrations such as medieval dances or Béhourd fights. For a better knowledge of the past, what could be better than a small workshop? Learn about medieval fencing or even heraldry (from 6 years old, accompanied by an adult)!

A competition for the most beautiful coat of arms will also take place, proposed by the school group.

À 20h00 : Life-size Werewolf game (from 16 years old).
À 22h00 : nighttime fire show.

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Day 2

Sunday, September 15

From 10h00 : opening of the second day

The same demonstrations and introductory workshops will be offered to you on Sunday. But, if you didn't have time to do everything the day before, take advantage of this second day to discover the rest of the program. Reconstructions will be put on to help you discover camp life in the Middle Ages, tavern life but not only that! Indeed, the village will also receive a Viking longship, from another era of the Middle Ages.

A craft market will also be present during these two days.

Learn more about the village of

Moulin-sous-Touvent

Like many villages in Lisières de l'Oise, Moulin-sous-Touvent was strongly marked by the Great War. Partly destroyed, the village still bears witness today to the horrors of this first world conflict, revealing its war wounds thanks to its numerous monuments. The medieval festival is an event that allows you to take a step back in time to the Middle Ages. But it also allows you to walk in the footsteps of many soldiers who have trodden our region, thus reminding you of a time that is not so distant.

À the Quennevières farm, a monument and plaques commemorate the battle which took place at this same location in June 1915, and where many soldiers lost their lives. The Battle of Quennevières is a significant episode in the history of the Great War of the Oise.
Le german cemetery, located on the D85 between the village of Nampcel and the farm of Quennevières, was built by France in 1920. At the bottom of it, you will find a monument dedicated to the 96th German Infantry Regiment which, at the originally, was built in the German cemetery of the Ourscamps forest in Bailly (1914-1917).
La butte des zouaves is located north of the Quennevières farm. This mound is a tribute to soldiers buried alive during a bombing. Under the mound surmounted by a cross, lie the bodies of these Zouaves - metropolitan soldiers who came from the colonies and who actively participated in the fighting.
L'église dating from the 16th century is classified as a Historic Monument. Its altar evokes the hamlets that disappeared during the First World War. A cylindrical turret placed in the northeast corner leads to the central bell tower, which turns out to be modern, saddle-shaped and decorated with Ionic pilasters. The portal, from the Renaissance, is decorated with arabesques, pilasters, escutcheons, projecting busts, dolphins.

Gil Giuglio