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Publié le 28.02.2024

The Vigils' shelter has arrived

L'objet-abri dans les airs au dessus des remparts Millénaire Caen 2025
On the Tuesday 27th of February 2024, the Caen Vigils'shelter took up its station on the castle remparts.

The Vigils shelter has been established on Caen castle’s remparts.  

As of 21st March, it will host the first Vigil who will observe the light the sunrise and sunset, over a period of 365 days.  

The shelter is part of the performance of the Veilleurs de Caen, created by the choreographer Joanne Leighton. 

It was built in the Eure by the Groupe Treuil, then hoist by crane and set on the remparts at sunrise.   

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