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Préhisto site CAIRN Journées Européennes du Patrimoine 2026

Journées Européennes du Patrimoine au Préhisto'Site du CAIRN

National event in Saint-Hilaire-la-Forêt
  • The Cairn Prehistoric Site invites you to take a journey back to the age of megaliths on the afternoon of Sunday 20 September (hands-on workshops, exploring a megalith, demonstrations, and more)! Free entry.

  • Programme for the day:

    -- Workshop based on the annual “Menhir en voyage” event: hands-on activity = painting the menhir! This activity can get messy: please bring a smock.

    -- Fire-lighting demonstration! (Ages 7 and over, booking recommended)

    -- At 5.00 pm: departure in a convoy for a guided tour of a local megalithic site ( from the Préhisto’site du Cairn).

    Free admission.

    A programme listing all the outings, tours and events taking place during this year’s European Heritage Days in...
    Programme for the day:

    --> Workshop based on the annual “Menhir en voyage” event: hands-on activity = painting the menhir! This activity can get messy: please bring a smock.

    --> Fire-lighting demonstration! (Ages 7 and over, booking recommended)

    --> At 5.00 pm: departure in a convoy for a guided tour of a local megalithic site ( from the Préhisto’site du Cairn).

    Free admission.

    A programme listing all the outings, tours and events taking place during this year’s European Heritage Days in the Vendée Grand Littoral area will be available from our tourist information offices from 15 September!

    National programme for the 2026European HeritageDays: https://journeesdupatrimoine.culture.gouv.fr/ .
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  • On September 20, 2026 from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM