{"id":9271,"date":"2025-08-15T13:49:32","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T12:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/?p=9271"},"modified":"2026-01-10T12:38:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T11:38:32","slug":"chinon-at-the-heart-of-medieval-festivals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/chinon-au-coeur-des-fetes-medievales\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinon: At the heart of the Medieval Festivals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br><strong>Every summer in August, for one weekend, the town of Chinon plunges back into its medieval past. Troubadours, knights and craftsmen bring to life a Middle Ages that is both documented and dreamt of. More than just entertainment, the Medieval festivals are a mirror, a moment of popular transmission. Between fortress and town centre, between clogs and smartphones, chronicle a festival where history lives on.<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-white ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/chinon-au-coeur-des-fetes-medievales\/#Quand_Chinon_revet_les_couleurs_du_Moyen-Age\" >When Chinon dons the colours of the Middle Ages<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/chinon-au-coeur-des-fetes-medievales\/#Une_epopee_vivante\" >A living epic<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/chinon-au-coeur-des-fetes-medievales\/#Les_enfants_costumes_petits_gardiens_dun_grand_passe\" >Children in costume: guardians of a great past<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/chinon-au-coeur-des-fetes-medievales\/#La_Forteresse_royale_grand_temoin_de_lHistoire\" >The Royal Fortress: a great witness to history<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/chinon-au-coeur-des-fetes-medievales\/#Dans_la_chambre_dAlienor_dAquitaine\" >In the bedroom of Eleanor of Aquitaine<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marche-medieval-08-25-FabB-CT7A7727-1K-JPEG.jpg\" alt=\"France. Disguised as knights, monks and gentlewomen, the locals take great pleasure in reliving Chinon&#039;s medieval past. Fabienne Bou\u00e9roux.\" class=\"wp-image-9308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marche-medieval-08-25-FabB-CT7A7727-1K-JPEG.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marche-medieval-08-25-FabB-CT7A7727-1K-JPEG-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marche-medieval-08-25-FabB-CT7A7727-1K-JPEG-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marche-medieval-08-25-FabB-CT7A7727-1K-JPEG-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marche-medieval-08-25-FabB-CT7A7727-1K-JPEG-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marche-medieval-08-25-FabB-CT7A7727-1K-JPEG-36x24.jpg 36w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>France. Disguised as knights, monks and ladies, the locals take great pleasure in reviving Chinon's medieval past. <em><em>\u00a9<\/em><\/em><\/em> <em>Fabienne Bou\u00e9roux.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Under an August sun shining down on the pale Touraine stone, Chinon comes back to life. The Middle Ages are back, but not the Middle Ages of darkness and endless wars, but the Middle Ages of colour, fairground cries, lofty words and proud feathers. The medieval festivals of Chinon is more than just a fancy dress ball for history buffs in clogs: it's an open stage for 1,000 years of memory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-quand-chinon-revet-les-couleurs-du-moyen-age\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Quand_Chinon_revet_les_couleurs_du_Moyen-Age\"><\/span>When Chinon dons the colours of the Middle Ages<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marche-medieval-08-25-FabB-CT7A7288-1K-JPEG.jpg\" alt=\"France. Chinon. The association Jeanne en lumi\u00e8re is on hand to remind us that on 23 February 1429, Joan of Arc arrived in Chinon after an eleven-day ride to meet the man she considered the legitimate heir to the kingdom of France, Charles VII. Fabienne Bou\u00e9roux.\" class=\"wp-image-9301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marche-medieval-08-25-FabB-CT7A7288-1K-JPEG.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marche-medieval-08-25-FabB-CT7A7288-1K-JPEG-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marche-medieval-08-25-FabB-CT7A7288-1K-JPEG-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marche-medieval-08-25-FabB-CT7A7288-1K-JPEG-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marche-medieval-08-25-FabB-CT7A7288-1K-JPEG-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marche-medieval-08-25-FabB-CT7A7288-1K-JPEG-36x24.jpg 36w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>France. Chinon. The association \"Jeanne en lumi\u00e8re\" is here to remind us that on 23 February 1429, Joan of Arc arrived in Chinon after an eleven-day ride to meet the man she considered the legitimate heir to the kingdom of France, Charles VII. <em>\u00a9<\/em><\/em> <em>Fabienne Bou\u00e9roux.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Chinon... It only takes one name for a part of France to recover. This is where\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.universalis.fr\/encyclopedie\/henri-ii-plantagenet\/\">Henry II Plantagenet<\/a> came to retire. This is where&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ali%C3%A9nor_d%27Aquitaine\">Eleanor of Aquitaine<\/a>, undoubtedly the freest and most disturbing of queens, reigned with an eye that even the monks dared not judge. And of course, Chinon is that almost mystical threshold where <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jeanne_d%27Arc\">Joan of Arc<\/a> meets the future <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_VII_(roi_de_France)\">Charles VII<\/a>. France regained faith in itself on the pavement of its court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marche-medieval-08-25-FabB-CT7A7141-1K-JPEG.jpg\" alt=\"France. Jugglers and troubadours perform at Chinon&#039;s medieval market. Fabienne Boueroux.\" class=\"wp-image-9297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marche-medieval-08-25-FabB-CT7A7141-1K-JPEG.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marche-medieval-08-25-FabB-CT7A7141-1K-JPEG-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marche-medieval-08-25-FabB-CT7A7141-1K-JPEG-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marche-medieval-08-25-FabB-CT7A7141-1K-JPEG-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marche-medieval-08-25-FabB-CT7A7141-1K-JPEG-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marche-medieval-08-25-FabB-CT7A7141-1K-JPEG-36x24.jpg 36w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>France. Jugglers, acrobats and troubadours parade through Chinon's medieval market. <em>\u00a9<\/em><\/em> <em>Fabienne Bou\u00e9roux.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Every summer, the town adorns itself with its past like a hand-embroidered cloak. The streets resound to the tread of horses, the market halls fill with the scent of hypocras (1) and leather, children hold out their hands to the acrobats, while a false prior thunders truths that are funnier than they are pious. It's a jubilant people, some in costume, marching towards a History they are trying to understand and feel.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marche-medieval-08-25-FabB-CT7A7265-1K-JPEG.jpg\" alt=\"France. Even the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem were present at the F\u00eates m\u00e9di\u00e9vales de Chinon.  Fabienne Bou\u00e9roux.\" class=\"wp-image-9299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marche-medieval-08-25-FabB-CT7A7265-1K-JPEG.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marche-medieval-08-25-FabB-CT7A7265-1K-JPEG-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marche-medieval-08-25-FabB-CT7A7265-1K-JPEG-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marche-medieval-08-25-FabB-CT7A7265-1K-JPEG-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marche-medieval-08-25-FabB-CT7A7265-1K-JPEG-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marche-medieval-08-25-FabB-CT7A7265-1K-JPEG-36x24.jpg 36w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>France. Even the \"Knights\" of St John of Jerusalem were present at the medieval festivals of Chinon. <em>\u00a9<\/em> Fabienne Bou\u00e9roux.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In Chinon, the medieval period isn't plastered on like a cardboard set. It oozes from the stones, it creeps into the corners of half-timbered houses, it mingles with the mists of the Vienne. Here, time is not a historian's abstraction: it is a voice, sometimes a silence.<br>The organisers, who are passionate, rigorous and sometimes a little crazy, try to get it right. They have a fierce desire to pass on their knowledge, and visitors are eager to listen. And that, in our hurried century, is worth all the illuminated manuscripts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-une-epopee-vivante\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Une_epopee_vivante\"><\/span>A living epic <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marche-medieval-08-25-FabB-CT7A7358-1K-JPEG.jpg\" alt=\"France. Chinon. Participants in the medieval festivals cross the Vienne on the historic Ali\u00e9nor d&#039;Aquitaine bridge. Fabienne Bou\u00e9roux.\" class=\"wp-image-9298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marche-medieval-08-25-FabB-CT7A7358-1K-JPEG.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marche-medieval-08-25-FabB-CT7A7358-1K-JPEG-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marche-medieval-08-25-FabB-CT7A7358-1K-JPEG-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marche-medieval-08-25-FabB-CT7A7358-1K-JPEG-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marche-medieval-08-25-FabB-CT7A7358-1K-JPEG-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marche-medieval-08-25-FabB-CT7A7358-1K-JPEG-36x20.jpg 36w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>France. Chinon. Participants in the medieval festivals cross the Vienne on the historic Ali\u00e9nor d'Aquitaine bridge. <em><em>\u00a9<\/em><\/em> Fabienne Bou\u00e9roux.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>These festive days in Chinon are not just about bringing the Middle Ages back to life. It rereads it, sings it, and sometimes argues about it. And under the tents of the parchment-makers, in the shadow of the lices or at the bend of an improvised tavern, it is France that questions its past, not to shut itself away, but to find itself again.<br>As far back as the 12th century, Chinon was a city of trade, noise and fairs, where the language of O\u00efl and langue of Oc, cloth and spices, monks and soldiers mingled.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marche-medieval-08-25-FabB-CT7A8059-1K-JPEG.jpg\" alt=\"France. The organisers have thought of everything. Even the possibility of dressing up young and old in tunics, coats, swords and shields... Fabienne Bou\u00e9roux. \" class=\"wp-image-9300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marche-medieval-08-25-FabB-CT7A8059-1K-JPEG.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marche-medieval-08-25-FabB-CT7A8059-1K-JPEG-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marche-medieval-08-25-FabB-CT7A8059-1K-JPEG-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marche-medieval-08-25-FabB-CT7A8059-1K-JPEG-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marche-medieval-08-25-FabB-CT7A8059-1K-JPEG-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marche-medieval-08-25-FabB-CT7A8059-1K-JPEG-36x24.jpg 36w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>France. Chinon. The organisers have thought of everything. Even the possibility of dressing the young and old in tunics, coats of arms, swords and shields... <em><em>\u00a9<\/em><\/em> Fabienne Bou\u00e9roux. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><br>The medieval Festivals of Chinon reactivates a popular urban event: the fair, in the broadest sense, as a moment of suspension from everyday life, a condensation of history and a symbolic reversal of values. History is no longer whispered in books, but expressed in laughter, the clanking of armour, the scent of warm bread and fresh ink. The medieval Festivals is an invitation to step back in time, through alleys crowded with merchants, craftsmen, troubadours and soldiers. It's the magic of voices singing and recounting, of age-old gestures being reborn.<br>This is a living, vibrant story, where Joan of Arc may appear at the bend in the road, where a blacksmith confides in you, between two blows of his hammer, the secrets of glowing metal. You can hear the heavy footsteps of the knights, feel the weight of the armour, guess at the intrigues of the court and the ardent faith of the believers. You could almost run into the king <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_VI_(roi_de_France)\">Charles VI<\/a> gone mad in the forest of Le Mans. The air is charged with a sou\ufb04e that comes from afar, from centuries that, for the space of a weekend, come back to life. It's a popular epic, where spectators and actors become guardians of a History rich in its shadows as well as its lights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-les-enfants-costumes-petits-gardiens-d-un-grand-passe\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Les_enfants_costumes_petits_gardiens_dun_grand_passe\"><\/span>Children in costume: guardians of a great past<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Chinon_Medievales_C.Raimbault_CD37-2-1K-JPEG.jpg\" alt=\"France. In Chinon, when the Medieval Festival is in full swing, children also take part in the journey back in time.  C. Raimbault.\" class=\"wp-image-9306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Chinon_Medievales_C.Raimbault_CD37-2-1K-JPEG.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Chinon_Medievales_C.Raimbault_CD37-2-1K-JPEG-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Chinon_Medievales_C.Raimbault_CD37-2-1K-JPEG-768x527.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Chinon_Medievales_C.Raimbault_CD37-2-1K-JPEG-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Chinon_Medievales_C.Raimbault_CD37-2-1K-JPEG-600x412.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Chinon_Medievales_C.Raimbault_CD37-2-1K-JPEG-36x24.jpg 36w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>France. In Chinon, when the Medieval Festival is in full swing, children also take part in the journey back in time.  <em><em><em>\u00a9<\/em><\/em> <\/em>C. Raimbault.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><br>The youngsters' eyes sparkle behind slightly oversized helmets, their hands clumsily clutch wooden bows, and their laughter fizzes under colourful coi\ufb00es.<br>These little knights, damsels and budding craftsmen become the first passers-by of a living memory. Their clumsy gestures tell a story of learning, where playing is understanding, and laughing is learning to love history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the calligraphy and pottery-making workshops, you'll discover beginners' hands already at work recreating ancient gestures, under the benevolent eye of volunteer elders. They learn to trace Gothic letters or mould clay with the same patience as medieval craftsmen.<br>For parents, it's a moment of pride and emotion. At the Medievals of Chinon, children in costume are joyful ambassadors of the past, innocent guardians of a living heritage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-la-forteresse-royale-grand-temoin-de-l-histoire\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"La_Forteresse_royale_grand_temoin_de_lHistoire\"><\/span>The Royal Fortress: a great witness to history<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Forteresse_Chinon_Credit_ADT_Touraine_JC_Coutand-2030-1-1K-JPEG.jpg\" alt=\"France. The Royal Fortress of Chinon is built on a rocky spur overlooking the Vienne river and the town. The castle walls are dotted with numerous towers that illustrate the development of defensive architecture from the 12th to the 15th century. JC. Coutand.\" class=\"wp-image-9319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Forteresse_Chinon_Credit_ADT_Touraine_JC_Coutand-2030-1-1K-JPEG.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Forteresse_Chinon_Credit_ADT_Touraine_JC_Coutand-2030-1-1K-JPEG-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Forteresse_Chinon_Credit_ADT_Touraine_JC_Coutand-2030-1-1K-JPEG-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Forteresse_Chinon_Credit_ADT_Touraine_JC_Coutand-2030-1-1K-JPEG-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Forteresse_Chinon_Credit_ADT_Touraine_JC_Coutand-2030-1-1K-JPEG-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Forteresse_Chinon_Credit_ADT_Touraine_JC_Coutand-2030-1-1K-JPEG-36x20.jpg 36w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>France. The Royal Fortress of Chinon is built on a rocky spur overlooking the Vienne river and the town. The castle walls are punctuated by numerous towers that illustrate the development of defensive architecture from the 12th to the 15th century. <em><em><em>\u00a9<\/em><\/em> <\/em>JC. Coutand.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><br>After the market and the parade through the town, it's to the royal fortress that knights, minstrels and acrobats will parade. Here, between imposing walls and alleyways steeped in secrets, dramas of power and decisive encounters were played out, notably that of a young peasant girl named Joan of Arc who changed the destiny of an entire kingdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Walking up the street \"haute Saint-Maurice\", you're not just climbing a slope, but centuries. Here, limestone ages like parchment. Chinon is a walk through history. First you have to choose your entrance, because Chinon castle is not a compact block, but a snake of stone set on a rocky spur that stretches for almost 500 metres.<br><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Forteresse_Royale_de_Chinon_Credit_Jean-Christophe_Coutand-20-1K-JPEG.jpg\" alt=\"France. Chinon fortress Rounding the bend in the courtyard, the fa\u00e7ade of the royal dwelling comes into view: its ogival windows open onto the valley, framing the landscape like so many paintings. JC. Coutand.\" class=\"wp-image-9321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Forteresse_Royale_de_Chinon_Credit_Jean-Christophe_Coutand-20-1K-JPEG.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Forteresse_Royale_de_Chinon_Credit_Jean-Christophe_Coutand-20-1K-JPEG-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Forteresse_Royale_de_Chinon_Credit_Jean-Christophe_Coutand-20-1K-JPEG-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Forteresse_Royale_de_Chinon_Credit_Jean-Christophe_Coutand-20-1K-JPEG-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Forteresse_Royale_de_Chinon_Credit_Jean-Christophe_Coutand-20-1K-JPEG-600x401.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Forteresse_Royale_de_Chinon_Credit_Jean-Christophe_Coutand-20-1K-JPEG-36x24.jpg 36w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>France. Chinon fortress. Rounding the bend in the courtyard, the fa\u00e7ade of the royal dwelling comes into view: its ogival windows open onto the valley, framing the landscape like so many paintings. \u00a9 JC. Coutand.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Imagine: in 1154, Henry II Plantagenet, Count of Maine, Duke of Anjou, King of England, master of an empire stretching from Scotland to the Pyrenees, made Chinon one of his favourite haunts. He received his barons here and settled the affairs of the kingdom. But it was also in a modest room that, in 1189, he died betrayed by his own son, Richard the Lionheart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Immerse yourself in the warlike world of the great battles of the late Middle Ages as you enter the weapons room, where you'll see chain mail, crossbows and replicas of armour...<br>The royal apartments: the queen's flats <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marie_d%27Anjou\">Marie d'Anjou<\/a> (1404-1463) are dedicated to <a href=\"https:\/\/forteressechinon.fr\/decouvrir-la-forteresse\/ses-collections\/collections-jeanne-darc\">Joan of Arc collections<\/a>. These include images of Joan, as well as numerous statues of her, and the Tapestry of Recognition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-dans-la-chambre-d-alienor-d-aquitaine\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Dans_la_chambre_dAlienor_dAquitaine\"><\/span>In the bedroom of Eleanor of Aquitaine<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Chinon_Espace_PLantagenet_Credit_Stevens_Fremont_2021_01_HD-2-1K-JPEG.jpg\" alt=\"France. Between 1160 and 1173, Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II Plantagenet made numerous visits to Chinon, receiving noble visitors and troubadours. Stevens Fremont.\" class=\"wp-image-9323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Chinon_Espace_PLantagenet_Credit_Stevens_Fremont_2021_01_HD-2-1K-JPEG.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Chinon_Espace_PLantagenet_Credit_Stevens_Fremont_2021_01_HD-2-1K-JPEG-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Chinon_Espace_PLantagenet_Credit_Stevens_Fremont_2021_01_HD-2-1K-JPEG-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Chinon_Espace_PLantagenet_Credit_Stevens_Fremont_2021_01_HD-2-1K-JPEG-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Chinon_Espace_PLantagenet_Credit_Stevens_Fremont_2021_01_HD-2-1K-JPEG-600x396.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Chinon_Espace_PLantagenet_Credit_Stevens_Fremont_2021_01_HD-2-1K-JPEG-36x24.jpg 36w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>France. Between 1160 and 1173, Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II Plantagenet made numerous visits to Chinon, receiving noble visitors and troubadours. <em>\u00a9 <\/em><\/em> <em>Stevens Fremont.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In the 12th century, the bedrooms of King Henry II Plantagenet and his wife Eleanor were located in the palace of Fort Saint-Georges, now destroyed. But they have benefited from a work of historical reconstruction carried out by craftsmen. In that of Eleanor of Aquitaine, the furniture tells the story: bed, chest, seat and table were created by the cabinetmaker Tancoigne in Rouillon (now closed) on the basis of a study carried out by C\u00e9cile Laganne, a doctor in medieval archaeology. The silk decoration features stylised animals and plants, faithfully recreated and woven by the silk workshops <a href=\"https:\/\/maisonroze.fr\/\">Jean Roze<\/a>, a living heritage company based in Tours. The painted decor, inspired by the 12th century, was created by restorers from the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ateliermoulinier.com\/\">Moulinier workshop<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The intimate bedroom of Charles VII has also benefited from the combined efforts of scientists, historians and craftsmen. A bed, a pulpit (armchair), a chest and a table were recreated, along with a gold-embroidered tailpiece and a hanging canopy.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GV2016_Chateau-CHINON-0072-1K-JPEG.jpg\" alt=\"France. Chinon. Aerial view. The Fort du Coudray is the oldest part of the castle. In the foreground is the Tour du Moulin, with the Tour de Boissy on the right and the 13th-century keep in the background. It was here that the Knights Templar, including Grand Master Jacques de Molay, were imprisoned by King Philippe IV le Bel of France before being sentenced to death.  OT Chinon.\" class=\"wp-image-9325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GV2016_Chateau-CHINON-0072-1K-JPEG.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GV2016_Chateau-CHINON-0072-1K-JPEG-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GV2016_Chateau-CHINON-0072-1K-JPEG-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GV2016_Chateau-CHINON-0072-1K-JPEG-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GV2016_Chateau-CHINON-0072-1K-JPEG-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GV2016_Chateau-CHINON-0072-1K-JPEG-32x24.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>France. Chinon. Aerial view. The Fort du Coudray is the oldest part of the castle. In the foreground is the Tour du Moulin, with the Tour de Boissy on the right and the 13th-century keep in the background. It was here that the Knights Templar, including the Grand Master Jacques de Molay, were imprisoned by the King of France Philippe IV le Bel before the judgement that was to condemn them to death.  <em>\u00a9 <\/em><\/em> <em>OT Chinon.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>To visit Chinon Castle is to walk through the cold stones of a medieval fortress, but also the echoes of men and women who shaped the destiny of France. It bears the marks of a time when war and faith intertwined in a battle for the very soul of the future Kingdom of France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1 - <em>Hypocras is an ancient wine-based drink, sweetened and flavoured with spices.<\/em>including cinnamon and ginger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Video The wine of Hypocras 1\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4aNhoi4s_ls?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For more information <\/strong><br>Chinon Tourist Office<a href=\" https:\/\/www.azay-chinon-valdeloire.com\/\"> https:\/\/www.azay-chinon-valdeloire.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Text : <\/strong>Mich\u00e8le Lasseur<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every summer in August, for one weekend, the town of Chinon plunges back into its medieval past. 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