The Fresco of Bridiers | Tourisme Creuse Limousin

The Fresco of Bridiers

August 5, 6, 7 and 8, 2022

For more than ten years, the Bridiers tower has been illuminated every summer, for a great historical sound and light show. This event relies on the unfailing commitment of more than 500 volunteers who create costumes, props, sets and become actors.

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fresque médiévale de Bridiers 2008
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Simon Parouty

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3 Fresque De Bridier, La Souterraine©adrt23, La Creuse

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Fresque De Bridier, La Souterraine©adrt23, La Creuse

Bridiers, theater of history

History began in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries bythe castle and keep of Bridiers. After a long period of sleep, the site has been revived since the 1980s after excavations and restoration work, the creation of a Medieval Garden, the realization of an amphitheater of 2000 seats … A site that lends itself perfectly to this Historical Fresco.

Note, that in 2015, this show took on a special dimension with the Commemoration of the Centenary of the First World War, having obtained the National Label of the Centenary Mission. Each year, a new story is played, with, as a backdrop, the Creuse, its population, the events that have made them what we are today.

The historical fresco, a moment of intense emotion

Exceptional means are put in place, from special effects, pyrotechnics, projections of giant images… The music gives an emotional dimension and depth to the epic, and also blows the power necessary to strong scenes…
The show of Bridiers, a date not to be missed, is a live film rich, emotional, poignant, different, which can leave no one indifferent…

On stage, more than 450 actors of various nationalities bring a human and artistic dimension with as a leitmotif, Peace between peoples…