Le quesnoy

The circuit on foot. A guide will help you to understand the great principles which govern the fortification known as shaving and bastionnée. Bastion, half-moon, curtain, counterguard will not have anymore secret for you. The walk will also lead you out of Néo-Zélandaise ground.

The Northern part of the strengthened city is in the great archaeological interest and covers 400 years of the history of the fortification. You will discover one of the first Renaissance bastions builds in Northern Europe and the vestiges were redécouverts recently. The last work of the installation of the end of the 19th century consisted mainly of the construction of new works casemates: explosives magazines, barracks of seat, optical telegraph…

A tour guide will make you discover another face of Quesnoy: the civil architecture and military of the centre town protected by its imposing ramparts, the small city contains many secrecies…

The panoramic circuit by autocar ( 1h00)

Tourist office of Quesnoy proposes a panoramic circuit in autocar to you. The guide will introduce a range of the historical heritage and soldier of the city to you, with a ground stop Néo-Zélandaise of 15m.

Through the legend of Pierrot Bimberlot, a ludic and alive circuit on the strengthened inheritance and the history of the city of Quesnoy. The child will develop, by the play, its direction of the observation and the orientation in the city and its ramparts. In the skin of a character, they will carry out the inquire with a guide guide, to find the giant Pierrot Bimberlot…