France’s Catholic Disneyland: Puy du Fou is popular, conservative, historically-themed [tr]

Standpoint Magazine ^ | October 23, 2019 | John Laurenson

[C19fan]

The year is 2019 AD. Gaul is entirely occupied by liberals, Europhiles, historical repenters, anti-Christians and “citizens of the World”. Well, not entirely . . . One small village of indomitable Gauls still holds out against the invaders.

The Puy du Fou in the Vendée region of western France is, according to Tripadvisor, the world’s best theme park. It is certainly popular. It had 2.3 million visitors last year. It has won numerous prizes for its huge shows, featuring hundreds of costumed actors who recount the history of France through the prism of local history.

“The Sign of Triumph”, for example, plays every couple of hours to 6,000 people in a stone-built replica of a Gallo-Roman colosseum. The sign in question is the fish, the emblem of early Christianity, defiantly traced in the sand by a Gaul named Damien, a Roman centurion who has converted to Christianity.

[C19fan]

This place sounds amazing. Of course, the park being in the Vendee has historical meaning. The Vendee was the region of France that rebelled against the excesses of the French Revolution especially the attempt of Paris to destroy the Catholic Church. Robespierre compiled a large body count putting down the rebellion including stories of putting men, women, and children on barges and sinking them.

[pbear8]

A priest friend went with his family and they loved the place, we looked up videos on youtube, I would rather go here than DLand any day.

[married21]

needs a better name. pwee duh foo? Is that the correct pronunciation?

However, I’d go see it. Sound much more interesting than EuroDisney.

[Sergio]

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[simpson96]

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