Local history and culture Franche-Comté

The Marcel's have been a strange family for a few decades in Marcel Aymé's country. Some will say that some people are crazy, where good humour and farce are omnipresent. Constituted as an association, it is the meeting between a woodcarver and his supplier. The family is now large, with about a hundred wooden carved characters called the "Marcel's", in homage to the famous writer.... A rural family, too, which depicts life in the past, tells the story of the arrival of the train in the village, the legend of the Vouivre or that of the "Pacolets" that haunt the forest. Guided by a soundtrack, you can visit a castle and its medieval street. Further on, in the deep forest where the "Marcel's jalopy" takes you, a storyteller tells other stories. The 2019 program is provided:

2 formulas for groups from 10am to 6pm. They will take place on June 16, July 6, 20, 21, August 24 and 25, September 14 and 15. You will have a show at the castle, a visit to the Marcel's village, a show, a reconstruction of the life of the castle, a meal but also a trip in a "Marcel's tacot" in the heart of the forest.

Other highlights of the season will be fleas on August 4, a fondue party on October 19 and Christmas lights on December 14 and 21. Information by phone or on the site.

Behind his abbey and stone walls, Cluny is a mysterious city. What do these walls contain? Who were the people who lived there? This is what you are proposing to discover the clunisian owners, the time of this unusual visit. In turn, they will open up these mysterious doors that contain very different universes, and tell you the stories that took place there. The reservation is made at the Tourist Office of the city.

Tariff: free.

Duration: from 1 h 30 to 2 h.

Difficulty: easy.

Welcome to Andrée and Jean Moiziard. The residence of this artist's couple is in itself a work of art, rich with a very special poetry and charm. Andrée paints paintings of which she is secret, in a style that is both naive and poetic. Jean, on the other hand, produces sculptures composed of assemblages assemblages of objects collected throughout their lives. The couple has a place of exposure that can be visited on request in the village. These singular artists are also a permanent exhibition place at the Centre d'art contemporain at the Auberive Abbey (Haute-Marne), where, since the establishment of the Centre, a room has been dedicated to them in the collection of Dominique and Jean-Claude Volot. The work of Andrée and Jean can also be found in May at Ten's Fine arts museum.