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21 et 22 septembrePassé
Septembre 2024
Samedi 21
10:00 - 12:00
14:00 - 17:00
Dimanche 22
10:00 - 12:00
14:00 - 17:00

Maison Senghor - Verson

150 rue du Général Leclerc, 14790 Verson
  • Calvados
  • Normandie

Guided tour of the Senghor house

The members of the association Présence Senghor in Verson will comment on the visit of the home of the Senghor Couple. Before the visit, the public will have the opportunity to see an exhibition retra
21 et 22 septembrePassé
Ville Verson

The members of the association Présence Senghor in Verson will comment on the visit of the home of the Senghor Couple. Before the visit, the public will have the opportunity to see an exhibition retracing one of the facets of Léopold Sédar Senghor and notably the life of the couple in Verson. On Saturday many animations will take place in the park of the property: family workshops with the editions "Dodo vole" and reading told with the readers of an evening.
Possibility to eat on site: Congolese and Senegalese cuisine in the Senghor Park on Saturday 21/09.

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Maison Senghor - Verson
150 rue du Général Leclerc, 14790 Verson
  • Calvados
  • Normandie
This mansion dates back to the 19th century. It belonged to Léopold Sédar Senghor’s wife, Colette Hubert, whom he married in second marriage on 18 October 1956\. In 1960, he became President of Senegal. Nevertheless, the couple became accustomed to spend their summer holidays in Verson in the family house. In 1980, Senghor left the presidency of Senegal and settled permanently in France. Upon his retirement, he split his time between Paris and Verson. The calm of the Norman countryside quickly prevailed and he left Verson more and more rarely, where he found inspiration and wrote many poems. In 1995, Léopold Sédar Senghor inaugurated the Espace Senghor. The city of Verson always strives to convey the values dear to the poet-president: the dialogue of cultures, the civilization of the Universal, the Francophonie… particularly in its cultural programming.
Léopols Sedar Senghor died in Verson on 20 December 2001\. His wife Colette died on 18 November 2019 at her home in Verson. She is bur
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Maison, appartement, atelier de personnes célèbres