Highlights

The Fontinettes Boat Lift Receives the Prestigious "Certificate of Merit"

The Fontinettes Boat Lift was honored in 2024 with a Certificate of Merit awarded by the British Guild of Travel Writers (BGTW). This prestigious accolade highlights the site's historical importance and outstanding engineering. A true emblem of French industrial heritage, the monument continues to captivate enthusiasts of history, technology, and tourism.

Focus on Rose of Freycinet

Discover the incredible story of Rose de Freycinet, who defied prohibitions and secretly embarked with her husband on a scientific expedition, leaving a precious testimony of her life on board and marking the history of maritime explorations of the 19th century.

145 years ago, the Freycinet Plan

It was on July 17, 1879 that the Freycinet Plan was adopted! Orchestrated by the Minister of Public Works at the time, Charles de Freycinet, it was a vast program whose aim was the construction of railway lines as well as navigation canals.