Réunion "Parlons de PENSA"

A military site occupied since the 19th century and reclaimed by the Germans during the Occupation, Fort du Chay is one of the few sensitive traces of the Second World War in Royan.

The reality of the Trojan War has long been unquestioned; it has fuelled the imagination for centuries, inspired numerous artists and fascinated great scholars.

The "Nouveaux regards sur les vestiges de la Seconde Guerre mondiale" exhibition presents the latest archaeological research carried out by the Charente-Maritime Departmental Archaeology Service.

From June 1940, German troops occupied Royan and the Arvert peninsula for several years. First-hand accounts of this period are increasingly rare.

During the Second World War, artistic creation was for some artists an act of resistance, a response to barbarism.

A modest horse-drawn tramway had existed since 1874. It had been built between 1868 and 1874 to maintain the dunes of the 5,000-hectare Forêt de la Coubre, which were slowly giving way to sand.

When, in the 1850s, Japan entered into diplomatic and commercial relations with several Western countries, a large number of objets d?art were acquired

Children learn about pottery-making in the Neolithic period, and make their own creations using self-hardening clay. Everyone leaves with their own creation at the end of the workshop.

For several years now, archaeology has been focusing increasingly on the Second World War, contributing in an unprecedented way to a new reading of the past thanks to the collection of numerous...

After discovering the space dedicated to the painter Picasso, children are invited to create their own Cubist-style self-portrait using colored paper and felt-tip pens. They give free rein to their...