Camp de Siège Médiéval – Cité des Machines du Moyen Age


Would you have withstood the hardships of medieval warfare, and looked dapper in a chainmail tunic? Find out in Larressingle, the smallest fortified town in France, where replica war machines from the 13th and 14th centuries, including trebuchets and bombardelle cannons, are set up around the ramparts and shown off with flash-bang demonstrations.


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