Guided tour of a 13th century priory

Name: Visite commentée d'un prieuré du XIIIe siècle
Start: 2022-09-17T11:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Prieuré de Lagrange

Guided tour of the site and the defensive buildings. The 14th century wall paintings, currently being restored, will also be evoked.

17 et 18 septembre 2022Passé

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À propos du lieu

Prieuré de Lagrange

Allée du prieuré, 47420 Durance

Lot-et-Garonne
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Priory with imposing architecture, composed of a body of lodgings of the prior and an adjoining church containing wall paintings of the fourteenth century on all its walls. The buildings were built by the canons of the Premonstratensian order of the Abbey of Saint-Jean de la Castelle near Aire-sur-l'Adour, in the first half of the thirteenth century.
The quality of the building and of the mural paintings contained in the church was recognized by the Ministry of Culture and Communication which classified it as historical monuments by a decree of March 16, 2000\. These places remained unknown to the public for decades were still in an alarming state of conservation in 2014\. Since then, the current owners, concerned about the conservation of this heritage, supported by the association of «Friends of the priory of Lagrange», work tirelessly. In 2018, the priory won the fifth national prize on the occasion of the sixtieth anniversary of the Vieilles Maisons Françaises. He has also just bee