{"id":75269,"date":"2018-10-29T07:51:16","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T06:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/?p=75269"},"modified":"2018-10-30T17:44:44","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T16:44:44","slug":"a-la-decouverte-des-derniers-pigeons-voyageurs-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/insolite\/lieux-insolites\/a-la-decouverte-des-derniers-pigeons-voyageurs-2\/","title":{"rendered":"D\u00e9couverte des pigeons voyageurs parisiens !"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>La colombophilie n&rsquo;est autre que l\u2019art d\u2019\u00e9lever et de faire voler les pigeons voyageurs. Une activit\u00e9 qui est toujours pratiqu\u00e9e dans l\u2019arm\u00e9e, m\u00eame si, aujourd\u2019hui, le r\u00f4le militaire du pigeon voyageur a disparu au profit des transmissions hertziennes. Le minist\u00e8re de la D\u00e9fense entretient toujours un colombier et un mus\u00e9e en banlieue parisienne.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c0 deux pas de Paris, \u00e0 Suresnes pr\u00e9cis\u00e9ment, la forteresse du<strong>\u00a0Mont-Val\u00e9rien<\/strong>\u00a0abrite encore de nombreux\u00a0<strong>colombiers.\u00a0<\/strong>Et il faut dire que, fort d&rsquo;un entretien militaire, leur\u00a0\u00e9tat est\u00a0<strong>plus qu&rsquo;irr\u00e9prochable<\/strong>.\u00a0Prenons, tout de m\u00eame, le temps de rappeler le pass\u00e9 glorieux de la\u00a0<strong>colombophilie.<\/strong>\u00a0Depuis l\u2019Antiquit\u00e9, l\u2019homme utilise les pigeons comme\u00a0<strong>messager<\/strong>. Souvent utilis\u00e9s \u00e0 des fins militaires, les\u00a0<strong>oiseaux\u00a0<\/strong>ont\u00a0l&rsquo;avantage de toujours retrouver leur\u00a0<strong>chemin<\/strong>. \u00c0 part abattre ledit pigeon, il est donc impossible\u00a0<strong>d\u2019intercepter<\/strong>\u00a0le message.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/colombier-pigeon-suresnes-mont-valerien-paris-zigzag.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-72688 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/colombier-pigeon-suresnes-mont-valerien-paris-zigzag.jpg\" alt=\"clombiers des pigeons au Mont Val\u00e9rien\" width=\"600\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/colombier-pigeon-suresnes-mont-valerien-paris-zigzag.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/colombier-pigeon-suresnes-mont-valerien-paris-zigzag-200x92.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/colombier-pigeon-suresnes-mont-valerien-paris-zigzag-220x101.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/colombier-pigeon-suresnes-mont-valerien-paris-zigzag-120x55.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>C\u2019est donc\u00a0par\u00a0<strong>tradition<\/strong>\u00a0que l\u2019arm\u00e9e entretient toujours ce colombier militaire\u00a0compos\u00e9 de plus de\u00a0<strong>200 pigeons voyageurs<\/strong>. Mais avant d\u2019\u00eatre dans la tradition, le\u00a0<b>Mont-Val\u00e9rien\u00a0<\/b>fut dans l&rsquo;innovation.\u00a0La forteresse a tout simplement\u00a0<strong>vu na\u00eetre<\/strong>\u00a0le 1<sup>er<\/sup>\u00a0r\u00e9giment de transmissions hertziennes de l\u2019histoire de l&rsquo;arm\u00e9e fran\u00e7aise. C\u2019est donc\u00a0dans une\u00a0<strong>volont\u00e9<\/strong>\u00a0de ne pas rompre avec son histoire et de garder une partie de son\u00a0<strong>patrimoine militaire<\/strong>\u00a0que les colombiers sont conserv\u00e9s\u00a0au fort.<\/p>\n<p>Seuls les\u00a0pigeons voyageurs\u00a0sont encore pr\u00e9sents sur les lieux. La caserne participe \u00e0 des\u00a0<strong>concours civils<\/strong>, cette fois-ci, afin d&rsquo;entretenir le mythe,\u00a0sachant qu\u2019elle est la derni\u00e8re \u00e0 poss\u00e9der encore des pigeons dans l\u2019arm\u00e9e. Les oiseaux sont donc toujours entra\u00een\u00e9s et parcourent pas moins de\u00a0<strong>150 km<\/strong>\u00a0par voyage.<\/p>\n<p>Depuis 1980, l\u2019endroit abrite m\u00eame un\u00a0<strong>petit mus\u00e9e<\/strong>\u00a0rempli de tr\u00e9sors colombophiles visibles nulle part ailleurs. Il rappelle\u00a0<strong>l\u2019histoire de la pratique\u00a0<\/strong>de l\u2019Antiquit\u00e9 \u00e0 nos jours.Il est possible de\u00a0<strong>visiter<\/strong>\u00a0ce lieu d&rsquo;histoire gratuitement le mardi, mercredi et jeudi par groupes de 10 \u00e0 55 personnes. Pour\u00a0<strong>r\u00e9server<\/strong>, il suffit de contacter le\u00a0<strong>conservateur du mus\u00e9e<\/strong>, l\u2019adjudant Philippe Ouvrard au 01 41 44 52 13.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mont-valerien.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\">Forteresse du Mont Val\u00e9rien<\/a><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nAvenue du Professeur L\u00e9on Bernard, 92150 Suresnes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>D\u00e9couvrons les derniers colombiers de l&rsquo;arm\u00e9e fran\u00e7aise install\u00e9s au Mont-Val\u00e9rien. Tout un symbole. 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