Exhibition: Vire, the longest summer, June - August 1944

Name: Exposition : Vire, l'été le plus long, juin - août 1944
Start: 2024-09-20T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2024-09-22T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Porte-horloge

Discover dozens of photos, objects, documents and testimonies that revive, in the Porte-Horloge, the longest summer in the history of Vire. Devastated by the June 6 bombing…

20 - 22 septembrePassé

Association les Collectionneurs Virois

Discover dozens of photos, objects, documents and testimonies that revive, in the Porte-Horloge, the longest summer in the history of Vire. Devastated by the June 6 bombing, the city was liberated on August 8, 1944 by the 116th Regiment of the 29th American Infantry Division. The virois Louis-Henri Lemirre, actor of the reconstruction, painter and Olympic athlete, makes the link between this period of history and the Olympics of Munich 1972 (room 4).

À propos du lieu

Porte-horloge

Place du 6 juin 1944, 14500 Vire Normandie

Calvados
Normandie

The door-clock was the main front-door of the city of Ledge in the XIIIth century. It was raised(enhanced) of a balustrade and an octagonal lantern in the XVth century and represents a perfect example of the military architecture of the Middle Ages.