Young audience animation: "Sur les pas de Charlotte Corday" visit

Name: Animation jeune public : visite-enquête "Sur les pas de Charlotte Corday "
Start: 2020-09-18T20:30:00+02:00
End: 2020-09-19T22:00:00+02:00
Location: Abbaye aux Dames

Theatrical visit "In the footsteps of Charlotte Corday"

18 et 19 septembre 2020Passé

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abbayeauxdames@normandie.fr

Born in the country of Auge, Charlotte Corday arrived at the abbey of the Ladies at the age of 14 to be educated there until her majority. Finally, she spent 8 years in the monastery. This historical walk plunges us into the life of Charlotte Corday in the heart of the revolutionary period.

À propos du lieu

Abbaye aux Dames

Place Reine Mathilde, 14035 Caen

Calvados
Normandie

Abbey Benedictine based(established) by 1060 by the queen Mathilda, wife of William the Conqueror. She welcomed religious Benedictines up to French Revolution. The convent entirely rebuilt in the XVIIIth century s. is the seat(siege) of the Regional Council today. The minster of the Trinity shelters in its chorus(choir) the grave of the queen Mathilda. This church of Norman Romanic style was built between 1060-1080 before being altered at the beginning of the XIIth century.