Bicycle ride on the Voie Bleue in Trévoux - on the estacadeTo re-establish safe pedestrian traffic at the foot of the town’s ramparts, the Communauté de communes Dombes Saône Vallée commissioned the construction of a 540-metre jetty overhanging the Saône River.
Estacade in Trévoux
View of the Saône from the Trévoux jettyThe engineering structure provides safe, high-quality continuity for cyclists travelling on La Voie Bleue, Moselle-Saône à vélo, a 700 km route from Luxembourg to Lyon.
On this platform take place a 4-meter-wide cycle lane and a 2.5-meter-wide pedestrian lane.
All along the way, an elegant bench in solid oak allows you to sit facing the river and soak up the sun (remember that Trévoux is the only town in the Saône valley to face due south!)
But while doing so, also take time to look at the landward side, as the estacade offers a never-before-seen panorama of the medieval city.
Fronted by a majestic cedar tree, the town’s rampart (rebuilt as a bastioned fortification in 1640), emphasized by an elegant cordon and punctuated by a redent (triangular salient projecting from the rampart), is bordered to the east by the Tournache tower. Built in the late Middle Ages, it was adapted to the use of the first firearms. Its first floor is pierced with gunports designed to defend the tower’s surroundings and serve as a symbolic reminder of the town’s power. Originally higher, the tower was levelled in the 17th century when the adjoining rampart on the Saône side was rebuilt. Today, it still features the same two-tone stone decoration as the château-fort keep: white stone on the lower section and gold stone on the upper section.
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Estacade in Trévoux
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Fireworks displayThe pedestrian bridge that spans the Saône opposite the Tourist Office offers a complete panoramic view of the estacade. Admire the structure: 75 steel pillars, anchored in 10-metre-deep foundations capable of bearing the weight of a small car (or, rather, of several thousand people coming to watch the famous fireworks display over the Saône every year on July 13!)
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