Conference on the Franche-Comté wash fountains by Jean-Louis Langrognet and Patricia Guyard
In partnership with the association Mêta Jura, the Archives will present a conference on the occasion of the publication of the reissue of Denis Grisel’s book
Vendredi 16 septembre 2022, 18h00Passé
Sébastien Rabany, Archives départementales du Jura
With the help of a rich slideshow, M. Langrognet will present the vast tylological and artistic panel of fountains-wash houses built in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in the Jura by highlighting the characteristics of style, construction, materials used.
Everyone will then be able to appreciate by looking at these monuments called "small heritage" emblematic nevertheless of the presence of a scholarly art within very many communes.
Ms Guyard, Director of the Jura Archives, will present the textual and figurative sources that can be consulted at the Departmental Archives to study the construction, maintenance and modifications of these buildings over time.
Note: Registration not mandatory but desirable