Route "monuments disappeared": place George Sand

Name: Parcours "monuments disparus" : place George Sand
Start: 2022-09-17T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Fontaine

The City of Art and History sheds light on some missing monuments and questions the reasons for their disappearance. 2 guided tours/day and 4 points of interest including Place George-Sand.

17 et 18 septembre 2022Passé

©Bourges Ville d'art et d'histoire

Short workshops will be offered around half-timbered houses.

Types d'événement

Circuit

Thème 2022

Patrimoine durable

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Conditions de participation

Gratuit

À propos du lieu

Fontaine

Place George-Sand 18000 Bourges

Cher
Centre-Val de Loire

This fountain was built in the 1880s following a donation by Edmé Coulon to the City of Bourges. Designed by architect Jean Baptiste Villatte, the fountain, six metres high, depicts a woman crowned with towers - a symbol of the city and not of Joan of Arc - holding a tablet with the inscription on it: “To his hometown E.Coulon, carpenter, bequest of September 8, 1870.” At this location was the collegiate church of Saint-Pierre-le Puellier, whose disappearance allowed the Revolution to create a square, which was successively called Place Voltaire then Place des Bonnets Rouges, before being baptized Place George Sand.