La Tour de Constance
On the first floor is the guard room. It features a cupboard, a bread oven, a drinking-water well and a statue of Saint Louis. A spiral staircase provides access to the upper floor.
On the second floor, the Knights' Hall, with windows so long that they reach below the floor, was used on several occasions as a prison.
The Tour de Constance has a 190-step spiral staircase leading to a terrace with a splendid view!
The place is infamous for having been used as a prison for Protestant women from the Cévennes region, from 1686 onwards. First men were incarcerated here, then, after Abraham Mazel's spectacular escape, women. Among these captives, Marie Durand, who was imprisoned for thirty-eight years, stands as a model of Protestant resistance to intolerance. She is credited with engraving the word REGISTER (resist) on the curbstone of the well.
Place Anatole France
30220 Aigues-Mortes
Means of communication
- Telephone : 04 66 53 61 55
Open
All year round, daily.
Closed exceptionally on January 1st, May 1st and December 25th.
December 24 and 31: Closing at 4:30pm (last entry 3:45pm).
From 01/10 to 30/04: 10am to 5:30pm. Ticket office closes from 1pm to 2pm. Last admission at 4:45pm.
02/05 to 31/08: 10am to 7pm. Last admission at 6:15pm.
September: 10am to 5:30pm. Last admission at 4:45pm.
Animals accepted
no
Rates
Group rates
ADULTS (min. 20 pers.) : Visit 6,5€/pers
SCHOOLS (30 students): €40
Workshops & discovery tours for schoolchildren, tours, lectures, space rental.
8€/adult - Free for European Union citizens under 26 (excluding school and extracurricular groups)
Audioguides (in addition to admission): €3/audioguide (French/English/Italian/German) - summer only
Free during European Heritage Days.
Payment possibilities
- Bank/credit card
- Culture voucher
- Travellers Cheque
- Cash
Spoken languages
Office de tourisme
Aigues-Mortes
Place Saint Louis - BP 23
30220 AIGUES-MORTES
