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The medieval centre of Bayeux, France Mairie de Bayeux · CC BY-SA 4.0

Normandy ◆ France

Medieval Bayeux

Normandy town known for the 11th-century Bayeux Tapestry and its Norman-Gothic cathedral, consecrated in 1077. It was the first French town liberated in June 1944 and kept its medieval centre intact.

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Medieval festivals in Bayeux

Les Médiévales de Bayeux in Bayeux Mbzt · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Les Médiévales de Bayeux

Bayeux, France

Les Médiévales de Bayeux turns the cathedral quarter of this Normandy town into a free three-day medieval festival on the first weekend of July, opening with a night parade of more than 500 performers and continuing with a market, street theatre, siege engines and concerts. Around 60,000 people attend, making it one of the largest medieval festivals in France.

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Guédelon Castle (living medieval construction site) in Treigny Stéphane D · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Guédelon Castle (living medieval construction site)

Treigny, France

Guédelon is a 13th-century castle being built from scratch in a Burgundy forest quarry using only the tools, materials and techniques of the 1230s, open to visitors from spring to autumn since the first stone was laid in 1997. Around forty masons, carpenters, blacksmiths, tilers, rope-makers and carters work in front of the public, and the site draws roughly 300,000 visitors a season.

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Tournoi de Chevalerie de Carcassonne (Knights' Tournament and Falconry Show) in Carcassonne Chensiyuan · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Tournoi de Chevalerie de Carcassonne (Knights' Tournament and Falconry Show)

Carcassonne, France

Every summer the lices between the double walls of the Cité de Carcassonne host a daily knights' tournament, a 45-minute show of mounted combat in armour, billed in 2026 as 'Tournois de chevalerie et spectacle de fauconnerie' after a falconry display was added. The 2026 season runs from 12 July to 27 August with three performances a day, every day except Saturday.

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Festival Médiéval de la Rose d'Or

Avignon, France

Every autumn some 60 to 70 historical associations camp on the Île de la Barthelasse, the island in the Rhône facing the Palais des Papes, for a re-enactors' festival with a market, archery, tournaments and a closing battle. Running since 2007 and organised by volunteers without public subsidy, it is one of the largest medieval gatherings in southern France; the 2026 edition, billed as the twentieth, falls on 10–11 October.

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Other medieval cities in France: Avignon · Carcassonne · Dinan · Provins