📝 Detailed information
💼 What the programme involves
Supervised by the archaeologist who is responsible for the site, you will be working on the restoration of this heating system. You will scrape and clean the site to then be able to implement the ducts with a specific system. Your work will allow making the site recognizable for the visitors and, in such a way, understanding how this hypocaust system works. Once the ducts are restored, you will have the opportunity to create an explanatory sign; this information will complete the realization of the system and will be a trace of your passage on the Gallo-Roman site.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Collective, indoor, in a classroom of a village primary school.
📍 About the location
Leisure activities: Volunteers from the Mirandes Towers Site and people from Vendeuvre will keep you company to discover the richness of the archaeological heritage and history of the surrounding areas that are abundant with old sites and troglodyte houses. The outings will be organized with the young people who are regulars in this area (cinema, plays, open-air activities…). During your leisure time you will participate in the local festivities, a national holiday, night farmers’ markets, and you will be able to visit big cities such as La Rochelle or Poitiers and discover a French theme park “Le Futuroscope”.
Location: Vendeuvre-du-Poitou, Vienne Department, 15 km from Poitiers
Closest train station: Jaunay-Clan