CONFIRMED82% CONFIDENCETourMag[3] reported Le Grand Carillon's official inauguration at Puy du Fou on June 16, 2017, after debuting with the park's April 2017 season.
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Puy du Fou Inaugurates Le Grand Carillon
Puy du Fou in Les Epesses, France added Le Grand Carillon, a purpose-built carillon tower performed live as a musical show. The bells, cast by the Dutch foundry Royal Eijsbouts, were engineered specifically for the park's new attraction.
- Le Grand Carillon at Puy du Fou was inaugurated on Friday 16 June 2017, at the centre of the 18th-century Village[3]
- TourMaG describes a 16-metre-high structure that deploys 72 bells at each performance, with four aerial musicians moving through the air for about ten minutes to re-orchestrated 18th-century melodies[3]
- The bell count differs between sources, so the pin no longer gives one: Benjamin Woodgates's March 2017 post says a brand-new 48-bell carillon built by Royal Eijsbouts[2] while TourMaG says 72 bells[3] and Puy du Fou's own show page says 70
- Woodgates composed a suite of French songs for folk instruments as the basis of the attraction, then expected to open in April 2017[2]
- Puy du Fou is described as France's second-largest theme park, with over 2 million visitors a year[2]
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- [1]90%youtube.com/watch?v=7PinOY2h2hAyoutube.com· Posted Sep 15, 2026· Starts Jun 16, 2017 ✓· 33% of score
TourMag[3] reported Le Grand Carillon's official inauguration at Puy du Fou on June 16, 2017, after debuting with the park's April 2017 season.
- [2]70%Le Grand Carillonbenjaminwoodgates.com· Added Sep 15, 2026· 33% of score
- [3]85%Puy du Fou: inauguration de la nouvelle attraction, le Grand Carillontourmag.com· Added Sep 15, 2026· Starts Jun 16, 2017· 33% of score
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