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Quest for the unfinished manuscript (long version)
Once upon a time in Troyes, when valiant knights had to earn their ladies by heroic deeds, a manuscript was written to narrate a legendary epic.
Although unfinished, it has survived over the centuries and has become a great source of inspiration for many adaptations in literature, film, painting, music, comics and games.
Go on a quest for the “Unfinished manuscript” by solving riddles scattered throughout the streets of the historic heart of Troyes!
Once upon a time in Troyes, when valiant knights had to earn their ladies by heroic deeds, a manuscript was written to narrate a legendary epic.
Although unfinished, it has survived over the centuries and has become a great source of inspiration for many adaptations in literature, film, painting, music, comics and games.
Go on a quest for the “Unfinished manuscript” by solving riddles scattered throughout the streets of the historic heart of Troyes, known as the “Champagne Cork”.
Starting from Troyes La Champagne Tourisme, this quest will take you to 22 locations in the city.
To find the place you need to go to, you’ll have to answer a riddle. Once there, you will be asked a riddle to find a word.
The 22 words you find will be entered into a crossword puzzle, which you will discover at the end of your quest, and which will help you find the Unfinished Manuscript.
Feel free to use the internet to help you …
If you don’t manage to solve a riddle, don’t panic! You can pass. The right answer will be given to you, but you won’t score any points for the question.
The aim of the game is to find the Unfinished Manuscript with the highest number of points as you can.
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Le saviez-vous ?
In 1667, to limit the risk of fire like the one that ravaged London in 1666, a royal decree imposed that all half-timbered houses be covered with lime plaster. In a way, this ugly crust protected the facades while awaiting their rehabilitation.
Le saviez-vous ?
Mentoring network was invented in Troyes! The first description of mentoring practices for workers was found in a royal decree of 1419 setting the statutes of the shoemakers of Troyes. This text refers to the itinerancy of the companions, later called the “Tour de France”.
More about the “Maison de l’Outil et de la Pensée Ouvrière”
Did you know ?
The gargoyle has the function of a gutter, unlike the chimera, which is merely a decoration.
They represent fantastic, mythical or grotesque figures that are supposed to ward off evil.
It was in Troyes, in the Saint-Urban Basilica, at the end of the 13th century, that gargoyles represented a human figure for the first time!
Congratulations! You have found the 22 words thanks to the riddles and can now position them on the crossword puzzle.
Solve the riddle to discover the Unfinished Manuscript!
Congratulations!
The Unfinished Manuscript is “Perceval or the Grail Tale” (“Perceval ou le Conte du Graal”)
This unfinished novel is the 5th and last novel in verse by Chrestien de Troyes (1130-1180).
Written by choice in the “Romance” language (which gave rise to the word novel, “roman” in French), rather than in Latin, the adventures of King Arthur and of the Knights of the Round Table are inspired by Celtic legends that Chrestien de Troyes sublimated by describing a wonderful and poetic universe where courtly love mingles with chivalric virtues.
Chrétien de Troyes is considered to have “invented” the novel and was, therefore, the first novelist in history in the modern sense of the word!
Troyes La Champagne Tourisme hopes to see you soon on its online games platform to discover the secrets of the region’s communes.
