The following weekend, 16th August, is medieval day at Duras, followed the next day at Villeneuve-de-Duras, just down the road.
This is an annual event organised to celebrate the rich cultural and historical significance of the Dropt valley. Which is all a bit of a mouthful and suspiciously like the sort of thing organised for a school trip….but it’s great fun!
It takes place throughout August at various bastides and towns in the valley. The whole commune is involved in pageants, mock battles, feasting and revelry. It is a lively, colourful, flea and pox-ridden, animated spectacle. There are medieval stalls, medieval games, jousts, armouries and, of course, food and drink.
Grab your best wimple and chain-mail and wend thy merry way!
Filed under: Duras, Events, Lot et Garonne, Snippits
