It is not because the water of the Gardon is now too cold to take a dip that there is nothing more to do at Pont du Gard. The proof with the fall program.
A program in which we find the temporary exhibition “Under the pixels, the matter”, a digital exhibition proposed by four international artists: Regina Silveira, Ana Maria Tavares, Mona Young-En Kim and Nicolas Tourte. The works exhibited, including a series of new productions on siteallow us to see digital technology as an instrument of artistic creation. Video mapping, augmented reality but also photo, sculpture, video or even multi-media installation, the exhibition is spread across the entire site, with the highlight being the Left Bank exhibition space. From 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., closed Monday mornings, exhibition included in the entry ticket to the discovery areas.
Who says autumn says All Saints’ Day holidays. So the Pont du Gard is offering a series of workshops to do as a family: making antique mosaics on Sunday October 20 at 2 p.m., bulla (a small leather pouch from the Roman era) on Wednesday October 23 at 2 p.m., a rattan bird feeder on Sunday October 27 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., a plant crown on Wednesday October 30 and Sunday November 3 at 2 p.m., and a Roman tea party on Sunday November 3 at 2 p.m. Prices: 6 euros per child, 12 euros per participating adult, knowing that one adult must participate per family, by reservation, from 6 years old.
To celebrate Halloween, the Pont du Gard will offer a “Shivers on the Bridge” visit, on the theme of the darkest moments in the history of the Roman aqueduct. Enough to thrill, especially since visitors, invited to bring their flashlight, will end the visit at the top of the bridge, where it is not impossible to come across ghosts. Thursday October 31 at 5 p.m., 6 euros per child, 15 euros per adult, by reservation, from 9 years old. Note that any disguised visitor will be rewarded.
If you want to know more about the methods used by the Romans to build the aqueduct two millennia ago, the Pont du Gard team of mediators offer two participatory manipulations of ancient scientific instruments. Enough to think you were a Roman geometer! October 21, 22, 24, 25, 28, 29, 31 and November 1 from 4 p.m. to 4:45 p.m., free for visitors with an entry ticket to the discovery areas.
And finally, the guided tour “The great odyssey” continues every day, to learn everything there is to know about the Pont du Gard. So every day, at 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. from the left bank building, price 15 euros, reduced 13 euros, children, students and people with disabilities with a companion, 6 euros. Reservations recommended on the Pont du Gard website.
