Every summer evening, from June 28 to August 31, the Pont du Gard is transformed into a giant screen with a spectacular sound and light show, designed by the artists of the F group. A pure moment of contemplation to share with family or friends.
Sound & Lights "Magical Worlds by Group F"
Every summer evening, from June 28 to August 31, the Pont du Gard is transformed into a giant screen with a spectacular sound and light show, designed by the artists of the F group. A pure moment of contemplation to share with family or friends.
The highest Roman bridge is transformed into a 275-meter-long screen, bringing to life a magical tale, an odyssey through time, thanks to video mapping.
A new show like a journey through the history of humanity and the richness of its heritage, from the City of Angkor to the Pyramids of Egypt, via an evocation of the Eiffel Tower and the beautiful Alhambra in Granada.
Practical information:
Every evening from June 28 to August 31, at 10:30 p.m. - Duration: 20 to 30 minutes
Admire from the Right Bank Beach
Food trucks will be offering a variety of snacks.
Parking: €9 per vehicle, free for season ticket holders
Some thirty intimate candlelit concerts will be held on the Pont du Gard site again this year. These evenings are an opportunity for the public to rediscover live acoustic music and enjoy a timeless experience in an exceptional historic setting.
Candlelight 2025 evenings
Some thirty intimate candlelit concerts will be held on the Pont du Gard site again this year. These evenings are an opportunity for the public to rediscover live acoustic music and enjoy a timeless experience in an exceptional historic setting.
The concept of these evenings: a spectacular and unique venue, a serene atmosphere by candlelight and an intense musical score across a whole range of genres: from classical to jazz, pop, film soundtracks and ballet.
The concerts will take place at 7.30pm and 9.30pm in the Auditorium Pitot, built in a former quarry on the Right Bank (indoors).
A tribute to Hans Zimmer on Saturday 3 May and a tribute to Jean-Jacques Goldman on Sunday 4 May will open this new season of concert events on the Pont du Gard site.
Find out more about the concert programme and book your tickets with Fever :
RESERVATION
Parking is free for concert ticket holders. This does not entitle you to a free season ticket for your vehicle.
Dates :
May: 3, 4, 10 and 11
June: 7, 8, 27, 28 and 29
July: 17, 18 and 19
August: 14th, 15th, 22nd and 23rd
Get ready for an unforgettable experience! On April 25 and 26, 2025, the Pont du Gard is transformed into a place of discovery and adventure with the Forum des Métiers de la Défense et de la Sécurité.
Armed Forces Forum
Get ready for an unforgettable experience! On April 25 and 26, 2025, the Pont du Gard is transformed into a place of discovery and adventure with the Forum des Métiers de la Défense et de la Sécurité.
Forum des Armées : A Unique Adventure in the Heart of the Pont du Gard
Imagine: the majestic setting of the Pont du Gard, spectacular aerial demonstrations with Rafales and helicopters, navy commandos and parachute jumps... A unique and spectacular event!
This event, organized by the Délégation Militaire Départementale du Gard and the Pont du Gard, is a unique opportunity to :
Discover the exciting world of defense and security.
Meet the people who protect our country and our fellow citizens.
Explore different career options, including the reserve force.
Watch dynamic and impressive demonstrations.
Whether you're a young person looking for a vocation, curious to discover what goes on behind the scenes in the army, or simply looking for an original outing, this forum is for you!
Come and enjoy an enriching experience at the heart of an exceptional historical site.
Program :
Friday, April 25, 2025:
9:30 am: forum opens to the public
10am: HIGHLIGHT -> tandem jump by marine commandos (from a DAUPHIN helicopter)
11 a.m.: inauguration of the forum by the authorities present / RAFALES aircraft and helicopters pass by
Between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.: dynamic demonstrations by the PSIG, the Gendarmerie's canine brigade and the Police Nationale.
3pm: second parachute jump by Marine commandos
3pm to 6pm: further dynamic demonstrations by: gendarmerie canine brigade, 3rd RPIMA SERVAL vehicle, customs brigadecanine, 1e REG combat group demonstration, GRIMP demonstration (SDIS 30)
6pm: end of day, closed to the public
Saturday, April 26, 2025:
9:30 am: forum opens
Practical information:
Dates: April 25 and 26, 2025
Schedule: 9 am to 6 pm
Location: Right bank of the Pont du Gard site
Free entertainment - Parking 9 euros (free for subscribers)
Don't miss this unique opportunity to discover the world of defense and security in an exceptional setting!
The Pont du Gard site's famous Easter rendezvous will take place on April 20 and 21, 2025, to celebrate the long-awaited arrival of Spring, in a festive and gourmet atmosphere!
Easter at the Bridge 2025 - Street arts festival in the countryside
The Pont du Gard site's famous Easter rendezvous will take place on April 20 and 21, 2025, to celebrate the long-awaited arrival of Spring, in a festive and gourmet atmosphere!
Street arts festival in the countryside
The Festival Pâques au Pont 2025 gives pride of place to artists from all horizons. Combining monumental projects and intimate forms, this new edition's watchwords are to give pleasure through emotion! Shows where humanity is never far away...
This year, to mark the 40th anniversary of the Pont du Gard's inscription on the World Heritage List, the shows will pay tribute to this beautiful edifice, including Maña by the Spanish company Manolo Alcantara - a show combining craftsmanship and grand spectacle!
The tastes and flavors of the garrigue will once again be in the spotlight this year with the famous farmers' market and picnic of local produce, to be shared with family and friends.
Music and artists on the move: visitors will come across them at the market, during the picnic and also when they least expect it! An opening parade kicks off the festivities on Sunday morning. And a concert will close each day on the Les Croisées stage!
Children and families can enjoy an egg hunt on Monday, and make some funny encounters on the garrigue trails.
A host of discoveries and surprises await young and old alike during these two convivial and festive days in an exceptional setting.
Left bank
Free shows and entertainment, paid parking (free for subscribers)
Eco-responsible painter Claudine Chartreux takes up residence at the Pont du Gard from April 17 to June 1, 2025 with a singular exhibition where art and nature meet in harmony. Inspired by the Nîmes garrigue that surrounds her, she fashions her works from natural and recycled materials: vegetable dyes, old papers, artisanal pigments... Her committed approach, a blend of poetry and ethics, is also reflected in her “sARTp” creations, artistic reappropriations of paper bags that reflect her reflections on consumerism. Come and discover her world, where each work celebrates respect for life.
Exhibition Claudine Chartreux - Art for the respect of living beings
Eco-responsible painter Claudine Chartreux takes up residence at the Pont du Gard from April 17 to June 1, 2025 with a singular exhibition where art and nature meet in harmony. Inspired by the Nîmes garrigue that surrounds her, she fashions her works from natural and recycled materials: vegetable dyes, old papers, artisanal pigments... Her committed approach, a blend of poetry and ethics, is also reflected in her “sARTp” creations, artistic reappropriations of paper bags that reflect her reflections on consumerism. Come and discover her world, where each work celebrates respect for life.
CLAUDINE CHARTREUX
Eco-friendly painter
General presentation
The studio where I live and work, nestled in the heart of the Nîmes Garrigue, is a constant source of inspiration. It is also a profound motivation to maintain my commitment to a respectful approach to life.
My artistic career began with an A3 baccalauréat in 1995 (Plastic Arts, Art History). My encounter with the artist José Pires in 2014, as well as my studies in art therapy informed by psychoanalysis, directed me towards the world of poetry. My work is based on the search for meaning, metaphor and emotion.
I organize two vernissages a year at the studio, for which I commit myself to producing new pieces for each edition.
Personal approach
To remain true to my commitment, I prefer to work as independently as possible. I make my own vegetable dyes, in particular indigo, for which I have been trained (indigo naturally produced in Provence). I also create certain papers from plants or rags, while others are salvaged, notably old papers.
I imagined and created sARTp (sac d'art papier), made from recycled paper bags. This approach consists in transforming logos or well-known brands to poeticize hyperconsumption, while at the same time offering small pieces derived from various studies.
I incorporate eco-responsible practices and techniques, using materials such as Linel gouache, natural pigments, oil paints (some handmade in Nîmes), artisanal ecological paints, walnut stain and many others. All my equipment is cleaned exclusively with Marseille soap.
In my desire to respect the environment, I use glues that are as natural as possible and avoid all chemical solvents. To take this immersive approach even further, I've started growing indigo plants.
You can meet me by appointment at my studio:
295 impasse de la Castelle, 30900 Nîmes, France
Practical info:
“L'art pour le respect du vivant”, reception area on the left bank.
Parking: €9 / vehicle - free for subscribers.
Presentation dates: April 17 to June 1, 2025.
The 41st European Heritage Days will be held on 21 and 22 September 2024, under the theme ‘Heritage of routes, networks and connections’.
European Heritage Days 2024
The 41st European Heritage Days will be held on 21 and 22 September 2024, under the theme ‘Heritage of routes, networks and connections’.
This 41st edition of the European Heritage Days will focus on ‘Heritage of routes, networks and connections’, a central theme for a site like the Pont du Gard. A monument symbolising a technical structure, the Nîmes aqueduct was designed to transport water under pressure. Over the course of time, the Pont du Gard and later the Pont Pitot became a unique crossing point for the Gardon river, allowing people and goods to pass through.
Archaeological walk along the remains
Accompanied by a cultural mediator, you'll discover the exceptional remains of the Nîmes aqueduct on the left bank of the Gardon in the heart of the garrigue. You'll learn to spot the subtle traces left by the Font Ménestière bridge. As you walk along the arches of t
he Pont Roupt and Pont de Valive, you'll see how the designers of the aqueduct coped with the terrain and the fragility of the original construction. The highlight of your walk: crossing the Gardon at a height of fifty metres, at the top of the audacious Pont du Gard.
Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 September 2024
Schedule: 10am
Duration: approx. 1? hours
Admission requirements: Free admission (recommended for children aged 9 and over).
On the day of the visit, each participant collects 1 time-stamped ticket from the RG or RD reception desk.
/Bring headgear and shoes.
Car park: €9.
Meeting point for visitors (with time-stamped ticket only): RG building, ‘tour departure’ totem pole.
The surveyor and the aqueduct: hands-on: (recommended for children aged 9 and over)
Wondering how, 2,000 years ago, the designers of the Nîmes aqueduct ensured that the water collected in the Eure valley at the foot of Uzès would flow by gravity to the ancient city of Nîmes?
Go! Major works to bring the water here! Trace the aqueduct with the groma* and its right-angled sights. Then, set up horizontally, the chorobate* will reveal all its secrets for measuring the difference in level.
* The groma and the chorobate are two ancient scientific instruments.
Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 September 2024
Times: 10.30 am / 11.30 am / 2.30 pm / 3.30 pm / 4.30 pm
Duration: 40 minutes
Access: Free admission (recommended for children aged 9 and over).
Meeting point for visitors (with time-stamped ticket only): Rive Gauche building.
Guided tour of the canal
As you emerge from the Gardon gorges, a cultural mediator invites you to discover the water canal of the Pont du Gard, the real raison d'être of this 2,000-year-old work of art, from a height of almost fifty metres. Take a guided tour and discover the masterpiece of a fifty-kilometre aqueduct that supplied water to the thermal baths and fountains of Nîmes in its Roman heyday.
Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 September 2024
Times: 10.00 am / 11.00 am / 12.00 noon / 12.00 noon / 2.00 pm / 3.00 pm / 4.00 pm / 5.00 pm
Duration: 30 minutes
Admission requirements: Free visit (recommended for children aged 6 and over). On the day of the visit, each participant collects 1 time-stamped ticket from the RG or RD reception desk.
Car park: €9.
Meeting point for visitors (only with a time-stamped ticket): in front of the door to the RG pipe staircase.
The sweet onion of Vers Pont du Gard
The sweet onion of Vers is an onion that is unique to our region.
This slightly pink onion can be recognised by its weight of between 500g and 1.8kg and its slightly sweet taste. It was grown by our ancestors in the allotment gardens of our region. The seeds were passed down from farmer to farmer. Unfortunately, with the decline in these food gardens, production had disappeared in our village.
In 2010, the desire to revive onion production led to the creation of a farmers' association and a door-to-door campaign among families in Versailles and Argilliers, which bore fruit - or rather, its seeds! Since then, the association's aim has been to promote and encourage the revival of the Vers Pont du Gard sweet onion and, in particular, its production.
Thanks to the seeds that have been ‘found’ and with the support of the Chamber of Agriculture, the association has already been able to select and multiply seeds. Today, with the help of the ‘Largillière’ nursery and a handful of farmers, we can benefit from a fine production of environmentally-friendly onions of the highest quality.
The Vers Pont du Gard sweet onion association organises an annual festival of the Vers sweet onion so that as many people as possible can enjoy the product.
For its 2024 edition, and in view of the history of this onion, the Association and the Pont du Gard have joined forces to exhibit this local heritage during the European Heritage Days on 21 and 22 September at the Pont du Gard.
These days will be an opportunity to meet the producers and taste their products.
We look forward to seeing you there to share a moment of culinary history at the Pont du Gard!
Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 September 2024
Times: 9am to 6pm / crosses left bank
Conditions of access: paid parking 9€.
Free admission to cultural areas
During the European Heritage Days, admission to the cultural areas (Museum - Ludo - Film - Temporary exhibition) is free.
Pay parking (€9).
The Pont du Gard site is pleased to announce its 2024 exhibition in partnership with Echangeur 22 and Labirinto from 13 September 2024 to 5 January 2025.
Expo : ‘UNDER THE PIXELS, THE MATTER’ The digital revolution as seen by four artists
The Pont du Gard site is pleased to announce its 2024 exhibition in partnership with Echangeur 22 and Labirinto from 13 September 2024 to 5 January 2025.
‘UNDER THE PIXELS, THE MATTER’ The digital revolution as seen by four artists
ANA MARIA TAVARES (Brazil)
REGINA SILVEIRA (Brazil)
MONA KIM (France)
NICOLAS TOURTE (France)
Pont du Gard
13 September to 5 January 2025
‘Under the Pixels, the Matter’ invites four international artists to question the relationship between the real and the virtual, through works that blend nature and artifice. Régina Silveira, Ana Maria Tavares, Mona Kim and Nicolas Tourte propose works, including a series of new in-situ productions, that oscillate freely between physical and digital matter, stimulating new ways of seeing and conceiving the digital as an instrument of plastic creation: from video mapping to augmented reality, via photography, sculpture, video and multi-support installation.
Based on an idea by the artist residency l'ÉCHANGEUR22, and the LABIRINTO laboratory for the development of new curatorial and ethical technological practices, with the critical collaboration of Viviana Birolli, the PONT DU GARD presents a resolutely transgenerational and transcultural exhibition with several voices, promoting an ethical and artistic use of the digital.
The exhibition will be presented on the left bank of the Pont du Gard site in several locations, both indoors and outdoors: in the Pont du Gard exhibition rooms, but also in the surrounding area and on the bridge itself.
Practical info:
On the Left Bank, in the Temporary Exhibition room, in the Reception area and outside.
Opening times: 10am to 12.30pm and 2pm to 5pm. Closed on Monday mornings.
Exhibition included with admission to the discovery areas.
Some works are accessible to all outdoors.
Parking €9/vehicle - Free for season ticket holders
Video projections on the Pont du Gard :
The exhibition is complemented by a programme of video mapping, allowing visitors to plunge into the creative universe of Regina Silveira, Ana Maria Tavares, Mona Young-Eun Kim and Nicolas Tourte.
From 13 to 29 September 2024 at 8:30pm - Right Bank
Parking €9/vehicle - Free for season ticket holders
Patrick Siméon has chosen the Pont du Gard as the venue for the launch of his book ‘Mourir les papillons’. The launch will include an opportunity to meet the author and enjoy some artistic highlights.
An author on the Pont du Gard - Patrick Siméon’ event
Patrick Siméon has chosen the Pont du Gard as the venue for the launch of his book ‘Mourir les papillons’. The launch will include an opportunity to meet the author and enjoy some artistic highlights.
The programme:
- Friday 6 September:
- 6.30pm: signing of the book ‘Mourir les papillons’ published by l'Harmattan.
Accompanied by a reading of selected pieces by Laurence Désimeur - Nicole Bousquet and Jacques-Olivier Durand.
Venue: Croisées rive gauche
- 7.30pm: Opening of the exhibition ‘Mourir les papillons, un rêve de plus’.
.Venue: Left Bank reception area. Wine reception hosted by Caves 41.
Exhibition on show from Friday 6 to Sunday 8 September inclusive.
A free tombola will be organised with the winner's choice of a work from the exhibition.
Patrick Siméon
He has had several lives... all dominated by passion.
Passion for bulls, first and foremost, which led him to come face to face with death in a confrontation with a wild animal that almost cost him his life.
Then there was his passion for art, a natural extension of his passion for bullfighting. Less physically risky but just as violent and sublime at the same time. Now a man and a bull, he is in a constant creative struggle with himself, combining instinct and drive.
A true autodidact, his approach is as experimental as it is thoughtful (unconsciously). His gaze is constantly nourished by what surrounds him, what he sees, hears, touches, loves and feels... to recreate it in an explosion of colours and a whirlwind of shapes, expressing all the strength and gentleness of his Being.
Mourir les papillons’ / A book about love, but not just that...
Gabriel is a fallen angel. Yet everything smiles on him. He has a magical life, without ever having asked for anything. His lucky star has taken care of everything for him. Always. His lucky star is Louise, whom he met when they were students from such different backgrounds. Young lovers, then newlyweds, then young parents. Quiet, bourgeois comfort. Now in his fifties, Gabriel is happy with this life. At a party, he shares an idea with an architect friend. It was an idea of genius, a revelation, a cultural and artistic revolution. Gabriel left for Paris. A new life, far from Louise, just for a while. But the angel is cut down in mid-air, struck by lightning, by madness. It was her. But before his downfall, his descent into hell, the angel Gabriel will discover love, true love, mad love, with all its magnificence and storms. To the very end, just for Her, just for Her... and the butterflies. The Other doesn't know all this. He never knows.
The works
The paintings presented here are done on paper left over from printing, on public notice boards, on paper picked up left and right on his walks, on old planks of wood. This principle of recovery is part of the support/surface artistic movement, which consists of reviving a medium destined for destruction as a work of art.
Every Wednesday from 17 July to 21 August 2024, the IGP Coteaux Pont du Gard wine syndicate is organising an evening of discovery and tasting entitled "Les Vignerons sur le Pont".
Les Vignerons sur le pont
Every Wednesday from 17 July to 21 August 2024, the IGP Coteaux Pont du Gard wine syndicate is organising an evening of discovery and tasting entitled "Les Vignerons sur le Pont".
The Coteaux du Pont du Gard PGI wine syndicate is organising a new edition of "Vignerons sur le Pont". A dozen winegrowers, all from the IGP Coteaux du Pont du Gard appellation, are offering a chance to discover their excellent vintages.
Practical info:
Price: €6 for a pass containing 2 tasting tickets + 1 glass + 1 booklet and 1 pencil.
Esplanade rive droite, from 7pm to midnight.
Parking: €9 per vehicle, free for season ticket holders
You can eat at the Food Trucks or the restaurant. Bookings: 04.66.63.91.37
As part of the "Cours & Jardins des Arts" contemporary art festival in the beautiful village of Vers-Pont-du-Gard, the Pont du Gard site is this year welcoming its guest of honour Rodrigue GLOMBARD, a renowned artist from Lyon, who will be exhibiting an ephemeral installation in Vers stone on the left bank during July.
EXHIBITION "ASTEROIDS" by Rodrigue Glombard
As part of the "Cours & Jardins des Arts" contemporary art festival in the beautiful village of Vers-Pont-du-Gard, the Pont du Gard site is this year welcoming its guest of honour Rodrigue GLOMBARD, a renowned artist from Lyon, who will be exhibiting an ephemeral installation in Vers stone on the left bank during July.
Festival Cours et Jardins des Arts XVI
5, 6 and 7 July 2024
This year, the Pont du Gard is taking part in the "Cours & Jardins des Arts" contemporary art festival, which invites artists to display their work in the courtyards and gardens of the beautiful village of Vers-Pont-du-Gard.
44 artists (painters, sculptors, ceramists, photographers) will be exhibiting in the intimate setting of the village gardens, a local heritage often cherished for generations.
Guest of honour Rodrigue GLOMBARD, a renowned artist from Lyon, will be exhibiting an ephemeral installation in Vers stone at the Pont du Gard during July. The stones are supported by a bundle of ropes, a tribute to the strength and fragility of today's world. He will also be exhibiting his paintings in the village during the Festival.
Find out more about the festival at: www.coursetjardinsdesarts.fr
ASTEROIDS" EXHIBITION Rodrigue Glombard
from 29 June 2024 to 31 July 2024
"This installation is a look at our times. A time under tension in several respects. I deliberately chose stone from the Authentique quarry in Vers, the same stone that was once used to build the Pont du Gard aqueduct.
These suspended stones caught in this mesh of ropes symbolise the interconnection, interdependence and endangerment of our environment in the face of our actions, but also our fragility in the face of that same environment if it breaks loose. How long will it last?
And it's galvanising to create this installation in the very place where the artist Ousmane Sow was present in 2005. Rodrigue Glombard
"Asteroids" will be presented outdoors on the left bank.
Parking: €9/vehicle - free for season ticket holders.
Every evening during the summer, from 29 June to 1 September, the Pont du Gard is transformed into a giant screen with a spectacular sound and light show, designed by artists from the famous group F. A moment of pure contemplation to share with family and friends.
“LES MERVEILLES DU VIVANT” Sound and light show by Groupe F
Every evening during the summer, from 29 June to 1 September, the Pont du Gard is transformed into a giant screen with a spectacular sound and light show, designed by artists from the famous group F. A moment of pure contemplation to share with family and friends.
The must-see evening event in summer is the Pont du Gard sound and light show. An enchanting and poetic interlude to round off your day at the Pont du Gard. The highest Roman bridge in the world is transformed into a 260-metre-long screen on which a succession of tableaux, each more beautiful than the last, bring to life a magical tale, an odyssey through time, thanks to videomapping.
This show invites spectators to (re)discover the marvels of life that inhabit the Gorges du Gardon through its characteristic flora and fauna. A soundtrack written by Scott Gibbons has been created especially for the show, using elements of the valley's biodiversity (fauna, flora, natural elements of the site).
It's a unique moment of reverie and contemplation that delights young and old in a friendly atmosphere. You can sit back and enjoy the beauty of the sunset, followed by a gradual illumination of the monument to recreate the cycles of the sun from dawn to dusk, and at 10.30pm, once daylight has completely faded, the famous 20-minute sound and light show.
Practical information :
- Viewing from the right bank
- The monument is gradually lit up as soon as night falls
- The show starts at 10.30pm and lasts 20 minutes (it is advisable to arrive 30 minutes beforehand).
- Parking: €9 / vehicle - free for season ticket holders.
- You can eat at the Food Trucks or the restaurant. Bookings: 04.66.63.91.37
This year, some thirty intimate candlelit concerts will be held at the foot of the majestic Pont du Gard, an ancient marvel and World Heritage Site.
Experience Candlelight at the Pont du Gard
This year, some thirty intimate candlelit concerts will be held at the foot of the majestic Pont du Gard, an ancient marvel and World Heritage Site.
Candlelight concerts at the Pont du Gard
These evenings offer the public the chance to rediscover live acoustic music and experience a timeless moment in an exceptional historical and natural setting.
The concept of these evenings is to create a spectacular and unique setting, a serene atmosphere of candlelight and an intense musical score across a whole range of genres: from classical to jazz, pop, film soundtracks and ballet.
A tribute to Hans Zimmer and a tribute to Queen will open these concert events on the Pont du Gard site on 24 May.
There will be 2 concerts each evening:
- at 7.30pm in the Auditorium Pitot, built in a former quarry, on the Right Bank (indoors)
- at 9.30pm in May, June and September and at 9.15pm in July and August, at the Croisées on the Left Bank, near the thousand-year-old olive trees and opposite the Roman monument (outdoor).
Dates :
May: 24, 25 and 26 May
June: 14, 15 and 16 June
July: 26, 27, 28 July
August: 23, 24 and 25 August
September: 6, 7 and 8 September
Musical programme for the first concerts :
24 May: Hans Zimmer (Pitot), Queen (Promenade)
25 May: ABBA (Pitot), Vivaldi's 4 Seasons (Promenade)
26 May: Coldplay (Pitot), Queen (Promenade)
Tickets
Parking is included in the ticket price.
The Pont du Gard is hosting an original exhibition by the artist Florian Monfrini. It will take place outdoors over two weekends in May, in the form of an itinerary alternating between pictorial works, installations and drawings...
EXPO: Common land for cultivation
The Pont du Gard is hosting an original exhibition by the artist Florian Monfrini. It will take place outdoors over two weekends in May, in the form of an itinerary alternating between pictorial works, installations and drawings...
On 11, 12, 18 and 19 May 2024, at the Mémoires de Garrigue site on the Pont du Gard, Montpellier-born painter Florian Monfrini will be presenting his latest works - paintings, drawings and sculptures - in an exhibition entitled "Étendue de terre commune à la culture.
Mémoires de Garrigue, located on the Pont du Gard, is a landscape that reflects centuries of human influence, from agriculture to pastoralism, that have shaped the Mediterranean terrain. The garden, designed by Véronique Mure, explores the rich history and lasting impression of this agro-sylvo-pastoral environment, highlighting its importance in understanding the changing relationship between humans and landscapes in the Mediterranean region.
This project, which is both an outdoor experience and an interpretive journey, is a living testimony to the region's complex history and its continuing relevance today.
"Driven by themes linked to the garden, agriculture, ecosystems and living together, my working process allows me to grasp and explore these themes, to flush with horizons, to trace the contours of a world, of a polyphonic choir where each element finds its voice." Florian Monfrini
The exhibition is open to visitors to the Pont du Gard.
www.florianmonfrini.com
The Pont du Gard site's famous Easter rendezvous will take place on 31 March and 1 April 2024 to celebrate the long-awaited arrival of Spring, in a festive and gourmet atmosphere!
Pâques au Pont 2024
The Pont du Gard site's famous Easter rendezvous will take place on 31 March and 1 April 2024 to celebrate the long-awaited arrival of Spring, in a festive and gourmet atmosphere!
The street arts festival in the countryside
The Pont du Gard site's famous Easter rendezvous returns on 31 March and 1 April 2024 to celebrate the long-awaited arrival of Spring, in a festive and gourmet atmosphere!
As every year, the Pont du Gard site and its Mémoires de garrigue area will be transformed for a weekend into a vast playground with events, shows and music... Visitors will be able to explore a plant architecture built from bamboo canes, play in a colourful area populated by amazing creatures, meet human-sized puppets, a horse and an acrobat giving a show, singing puppets, dancers perched on 10-metre-high reeds and even a funny egg moving in a whirlwind of real "fake snow"!
The tastes and flavours of the garrigue will be in the spotlight again this year with the famous farmers' market and the picnic of local produce, to be shared with family and friends.
Music and artists will be on the move: visitors will come across them at the market, during the picnic and also when they least expect it! An opening parade will launch the festivities on Sunday morning. And a concert will close each day on the Croisées stage!
Children and families will be able to enjoy the egg hunt on Monday and make some funny encounters on the garrigue paths.
A whole host of discoveries and surprises await young and old alike during these two friendly and festive days in an exceptional setting.
On the left bank
Free shows and entertainment, paid parking
Easter at the Bridge 2024 full programme
Tastings, picnics and local produce
The tastes and flavours of the garrigue will be in the spotlight with the Mediterranean market, tastings and the famous farmer's picnic.
A farmers' market up the Mémoires de garrigue hill, with fruit juices, wines, cheeses, jams and seasonal produce. From 10am to 6pm.
The farm picnic: In the shade of the holm oaks, at the foot of the olive trees, settle in as you please... Don't forget to book your picnic basket with Bienvenue à la ferme!
Charge of €18 per person.
This 40th edition of the European Heritage Days will focus on "Living Heritage", a central theme for a site like the Pont du Gard. Visited all year round and the focus of much attention for its preservation, the Pont du Gard symbolises a living ecosystem of heritage and environment.
European Heritage Day
This 40th edition of the European Heritage Days will focus on "Living Heritage", a central theme for a site like the Pont du Gard. Visited all year round and the focus of much attention for its preservation, the Pont du Gard symbolises a living ecosystem of heritage and environment.
Guided tour
Take a trip to the top of the bridge to discover the multiple eternities of a bridge with multiple lives. How was this World Heritage monument built? How has it survived the ages? How did its history come down to us? The cultural mediator will take visitors on a spectacular journey through time to the top of the bridge, where they will cross the ancient canal where water flowed 2,000 years ago!
Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 September 2023
Times: 10:30 am / 11:00 am / 11:30 am / 12:00 pm / 2:30 pm / 3:00 pm / 3:30 pm / 4:00 pm
How to get there :
Visit free of charge. On the day of the visit, each participant collects 1 time-stamped ticket from the RG or RD reception desk.
Car park: €9.
Meeting point for visitors (only with a time-stamped ticket): in front of the door to the RG pipe staircase.
Demonstrations in the building trades (wood, stone, iron) with the Maison des Compagnons in Nîmes
Historic monuments can offer a wide range of fulfilling and sought-after trades to those with a passion for them.
From raw materials, stone, iron and wood can be shaped by the craftsman into monumental, architectural, vernacular or sculptural works.
But to achieve the dexterity of his gesture and the pleasure of the work, the craftsman often trains young. He or she learns, observes, draws, works again and again... to inherit ancestral know-how and techniques that can be developed in line with contemporary digital techniques.
To mark the 40th European Heritage Days dedicated to "Living Heritage", the Pont du Gard site, in partnership with the Compagnons du Devoir et du Tour de France, is offering visitors the chance to meet apprentice journeymen at the foot of the Pont du Gard, a stone giant if ever there was one, and discover a living process of living heritage.
Saturday 16 September 2023 (CANCEL)
Times: 10.30am to 12.30pm and 2.30pm to 5.30pm
Free entertainment - Pay car park: €9
Meet at the Croisées Rive Gauche du Site du Pont du Gard (100 metres before the Pont du Gard)
The sweet onion of Vers Pont du Gard
The sweet onion of Vers is an onion that is unique to our region.
This slightly pink onion can be recognised by its weight of between 500g and 1.8kg and its slightly sweet taste. It was grown by our ancestors in the allotment gardens of our region. The seeds were passed down from farmer to farmer. Unfortunately, with the decline in these food gardens, production had disappeared in our village.
In 2010, the desire to revive onion production led to the creation of a farmers' association and a door-to-door campaign among families in Versailles and Argilliers, which bore fruit - or rather, its seeds! Since then, the association's aim has been to promote and encourage the revival of the Vers Pont du Gard sweet onion and, in particular, its production.
Thanks to the seeds that were "found" and with the support of the Chamber of Agriculture, the association has already been able to select and multiply seeds. Today, with the help of the "Largillière" nursery and a handful of farmers, we can enjoy a fine production of onions that respect the environment and are of the highest quality.
The Vers Pont du Gard sweet onion association organises an annual festival of the Vers sweet onion so that as many people as possible can enjoy the product.
For its 2023 edition, and in view of the history of this onion, the Association and the Pont du Gard have joined forces to exhibit this local heritage during the European Heritage Days on 16 and 17 September at the Pont du Gard.
These days will be an opportunity to meet the producers and taste the onion, but that's not all. There will also be a market of local producers, the opportunity to have lunch on the spot, culinary demonstrations by chefs, producers of products processed around the onion, honey, essential oils, and so on,
We look forward to seeing you there to share a moment of culinary history at the Pont du Gard!
Saturday 16 (CANCEL) and Sunday 17 September 2023
Times: 9am to 6pm / croisés rive gauche
Access: paid parking €9
Free visit of the cultural areas
During the European Heritage Days, admission to the cultural areas (Museum - Ludo - Film - Temporary exhibition) is free.
Pay car park (€9)
Organised by the Milonga Del Angel as part of the Nîmes International Argentine Tango Festival, an evening of music and dance at the foot of the Pont du Gard on Monday 14 August 2023.
A Bal Tango Argentin
Organised by the Milonga Del Angel as part of the Nîmes International Argentine Tango Festival, an evening of music and dance at the foot of the Pont du Gard on Monday 14 August 2023.
14 August 2023 from 7pm to midnight.
7-8pm: Welcome and introduction to Argentine Tango and Chacarera (Argentine folk dance).
8pm-00am: Big milonga with the BELTANGO orchestra.
Beltango was founded in Belgrade, Serbia, in 1998 by teacher, bandoneonist and composer Aleksandar Nikolic.
Quinteto Beltango presents the full range of the tango repertoire. As well as traditional tango pieces, compositions from Astor Piazzolla's tango nuevo movement and modern tango, they also perform their own Beltango compositions from the "Balkango" opus.
They have also managed to perform on major concert stages, symphony halls, theatre stages, classical chamber halls, tango balls, gran milongas, festivals and other venues where the spirit of tango is reborn.
In their 20 years of artistic activity, they have given over 900 concerts in some thirty countries.
Tango to dance with your eyes and ears. Dj Luigi Grieco He's been a regular DJ at Le Pont for many years. A touch of Italy for a very portena milonga.
Tango demonstrations by Antonella and Dario Da Silva.
On-site food-trucks and IGP winemakers for wine tasting.
Practical info:
Pont du Gard - right bank
Free evening - Car park €9
Du 5 juillet au 29 août 2021 et dès la tombée de la nuit, découvrez la mise en lumière du Pont du Gard «Contre-temps» conçu par le Groupe F.
A_Mise en lumière du Pont «Contre-temps»
Du 5 juillet au 29 août 2021 et dès la tombée de la nuit, découvrez la mise en lumière du Pont du Gard «Contre-temps» conçu par le Groupe F.
On certain summer evenings, the Pont du Gard site will welcome some strange visitors, an artificial intelligence with drone avatars providing an original perspective on the monument and a chance for visitors to rediscover the wonders of the living world of the Gorges du Gardon.
New sound and light show with drones
On certain summer evenings, the Pont du Gard site will welcome some strange visitors, an artificial intelligence with drone avatars providing an original perspective on the monument and a chance for visitors to rediscover the wonders of the living world of the Gorges du Gardon.
New sound and light show with drones
On certain summer evenings, the Pont du Gard site will welcome some strange visitors, an artificial intelligence with drone avatars providing an original perspective on the monument and a chance for visitors to rediscover the wonders of the living world of the Gorges du Gardon.
During the show, 50 luminous drones will visit the Pont du Gard and interact with the flora and fauna and tell a story in 3 dimensions.
The drone activity and video content will take in the whole of the Pont du Gard Site and its surrounding skyline telling a subtle, mischievous tale set to an audio creation made entirely with elements of the valley's biodiversity (wild life, vegetation and the site’s natural elements).
Show designed by Groupe F, Christophe Berthonneau and Caillou MV.
From 17 June to 2 July and from 28 August to 17 September: Friday to Sunday at 10.30pm
From 3 July to 27 August: Thursday to Sunday at 10.30pm
Duration 15 to 20 minutes
Depending on the weather conditions (wind, rain), the sound and light show "Les Merveilles du vivant" may or may not be presented with drones.
Please note: after 10pm, it will not be possible to cross the bridge for safety reasons.
Parking €9 / vehicle
At the invitation of the Pont du Gard, Échangeur 22 and the Département du Gard, the Japanese artist Yasuhiro Chida presents a multi-faceted exhibition where visitors are invited to discover spaces transformed by light.
"Light as Space" An exhibition by Yasuhiro Chida
At the invitation of the Pont du Gard, Échangeur 22 and the Département du Gard, the Japanese artist Yasuhiro Chida presents a multi-faceted exhibition where visitors are invited to discover spaces transformed by light.
"Light as Space"
When the transparent penetrates the tangible
Lyrical and contemplative, his art uses light and natural elements to question our awareness of space and the transformations of our bodily sensations. The fruit of complex protocols and simple gestures, his immersive installations, sometimes discreet and sometimes monumental, plunge spectators into unstable environments that challenge and rewrite their perceptual habits.
The loss of reference points helps to immerse visitors as close as possible to the works, stimulating sensations that are at once powerful, playful and meditative: an immersive experience for all the family.
Analemma - Afteral - Spectrum - Myrkviðr - Moving Silence: "Art as Space" brings together a number of key works by this internationally acclaimed Japanese artist, whose creations have for more than twenty years explored the many links between light, time and space - visible, invisible and tangible - in public spaces, the natural environment and museums.
The exhibition is produced by the Établissement public du Pont du Gard, in partnership with Échangeur 22 and the Département du Gard.
- Works: Yasuhiro CHIDA
- Assistants: Cassandre Lecocq, Daisuke Matsumoto, Hirohiko Koyamada, Motoi Ushiro, Olena Dereviankina, Yasuhiro Sumii
- Technical support (Aftereal): Olaf Schraa
- Music: Asako Miyaki
YASUHIRO CHIDA
Né en 1977 à Kanagawa (Japon) et diplômé en architecture, Yasuhiro CHIDA crée des installations monumentales immersives questionnant « la conscientisation de l’espace » et « la transformation des sensations somatiques », dont il tire l’inspiration de sa pratique de l’alpinisme en haute altitude et de l’escalade sur glace.
En 2019, Artdex a inclus son nom dans l’article « Ever-Renewing Power of Light Art : 9 Brilliant Light Artists You Need to Know » (2019).
Parmi ses activités récentes on mentionne, entre autres : la Fête des Lumières de Lyon (2021) ; le Festival des Lumières de Taichung (Taïwan, 2021) ; le Kunst Fest Spiele d’Hanovre (Allemagne, 2020); le festival Luminale de Francfort (Allemagne, 2020) ; l’International Light Art Award de Unna (Allemagne, 2019 ; prix du public) ; Wonderspaces (Etats-Unis, 2019) ; le Festival des Lumières d'Amsterdam (2017, 2018); le festival SIGNAL (République tchèque, 2016).
Il est actuellement en train de construire son musée d’art, le « Museum of Spatial Art », à Tatsuno (Nagano, Japon).
Practical information:
Rive Gauche, in the Temporary Exhibition Hall.
From 21 April to 1 October 2023- Exhibition extended until 5 november 2023
Opening times: Every day from 10am to 12.30pm and from 2pm to 5pm, except Monday mornings.
Admission included in the Discovery Pass.
In July and August 2023:
Guided tour of the exhibition at 11 am on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays and at 4 pm and 5.30 pm from Monday to Friday. Meeting point in front of the exhibition hall. Free for visitors with an admission ticket.
NÎMES, LE PONT DU GARD and UZES are linked by the most famous Roman aqueduct in the world. The Pont du Gard, the number one component of the aqueduct, is a masterpiece of ancient architecture and will be the central point of the event (collection of bibs numbers, village with activities for the whole family, departure and return with shuttle buses).
The Veni Vici
NÎMES, LE PONT DU GARD and UZES are linked by the most famous Roman aqueduct in the world. The Pont du Gard, the number one component of the aqueduct, is a masterpiece of ancient architecture and will be the central point of the event (collection of bibs numbers, village with activities for the whole family, departure and return with shuttle buses).
The Site du Pont du Gard welcomes the exhibition IAV (Intelligence Artificielle Vivante in french) by Jimmy Richer from October 1 to November 7, 2021, in partnership with the Department of Gard, the EPCC of the Pont du Gard, the Drac Occitanie, the Frac Occitanie-Montpellier, the Frac Franche-Comté, Échangeur 22 and the CACN (Centre d'art contemporain de Nîmes).
Exposition IAV (Intelligence Artificielle Vivante) de Jimmy RICHER
The Site du Pont du Gard welcomes the exhibition IAV (Intelligence Artificielle Vivante in french) by Jimmy Richer from October 1 to November 7, 2021, in partnership with the Department of Gard, the EPCC of the Pont du Gard, the Drac Occitanie, the Frac Occitanie-Montpellier, the Frac Franche-Comté, Échangeur 22 and the CACN (Centre d'art contemporain de Nîmes).
The IAV (Artificial Intelligence Living) exhibition is part of a large project: at the beginning, an artistic residence "Modus Vivendi", during 3 months, within the Voltaire school in Remoulins around different artistic actions involving students. The idea was to work on the current building of the Voltaire school, which is about to disappear, around an editorial project. Inventing stories to better inhabit the world and particularly to reconnect with our humanities during this period where we could add a crisis of sensitiveness to the sanitary one.
The exhibition will feature a series of large-scale drawings by Jimmy Richer, a performance by Chloé Viton on the opening day, a sound piece by Guilhem Causse as well as a selection of works from the Frac Occitanie-Montpellier and the Frac Franche-Comté.
Part of the exhibition will be created on site by the artist in the days preceding the opening of the exhibition, which will be an opportunity to present these unpublished and ephemeral works of Jimmy Richer. The main theme of the IAV exhibition is the questioning of ecology and the transformation of the world.
For Jimmy Richer, IAV (I A V for Living Artificial Intelligence) is also Yahweh, a small trivial god who has become universal, and it evokes something distant: there was. The very architecture of the A for artificial includes the I for intelligence and the V for living: after all, wouldn't every living intelligence be the result of an artifice? Every area of life that we know is the result of hundreds of thousands of years of geological, vegetal and animal transformations; from the air we breathe, to the fruits we eat, to the earth we walk on. Artifice is not the prerogative of the human species but of the living in all its diversity, its transformations and metamorphoses.
Presentation of Jimmy Richer :
"Halfway between a whimsical herald, an alchemist of the fragment and a dealer of the absurd, Jimmy Richer creates a deck of cards and redistributes them: syncretic and constructed by layers, his images achieve a moving synthesis between the registers of knowledge and the most different graphic and visual codes. The meticulous line of ancient engraving rubs shoulders with the clear line of the comic strip and the imaginary tattoo, baroque opulence blends with pop stylization, science and legend dare to be humorous. Along this walk in the history of the graphic image and of disclosure, the mediums are put into play, the engraving and the fresco come back in contemporary wall-painting, the marquetry in installation, for creations all the more conceptual that they are crafted.
For Jimmy Richer, the mediums are never finalities in themselves, but always channels to convey a content and to favor a reading at the same time more attentive and lighter of the art and of the reality: with him as with the Gadda analyzed by Calvino in his American Lessons, the world is a "méli-mélo, a micmac, a pelote" of which it is especially necessary not to attenuate the inextricable complexity. From the text "Anatomy of the Coquecigrue" by Viviana Birolli.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION:
In the temporary exhibition room on the Left Bank
Tuesday to Sunday, from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm and from 1:30 pm to 5 pm
Health pass required for the visit of the exhibition / wearing a mask is mandatory on the whole site.
Tous les mercredis du 14 juillet au 18 août 2021, le syndicat des vins IGP Coteaux Pont du Gard organise une soirée découverte et dégustation intitulée « Les Vignerons sur le Pont ».
A_Les Vignerons sur le Pont
Tous les mercredis du 14 juillet au 18 août 2021, le syndicat des vins IGP Coteaux Pont du Gard organise une soirée découverte et dégustation intitulée « Les Vignerons sur le Pont ».
Le Site du Pont du Gard présente du 19 juin au 12 septembre 2021 une exposition photo sur Les Grands Sites Occitanie / Sud de France.
A_Exposition sur les Grands Sites Occitanie Sud de France
Le Site du Pont du Gard présente du 19 juin au 12 septembre 2021 une exposition photo sur Les Grands Sites Occitanie / Sud de France.