the tool in celebration: wood, stone and iron

Name: l'outil en fête: le bois, la pierre et le fer
Start: 2022-09-17T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T19:00:00+02:00
Location: Manoir de Launay

guided tour of stone, wood and iron tools

17 et 18 septembre 2022Passé

Bernard di Marzio

The tool: Workers' Poetry, collection of tools of more than 2 centuries with astonishing forms, forgotten and lost names, very special functions. Visit of the monument of the 14th/ 15th century, architecture and construction. History of the royal owners, major events.

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Thème 2022

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À propos du lieu

Manoir de Launay

Manoir de Launay 49400 Villebernier

Maine-et-Loire
Pays de la Loire

On either side of a small manor house which he acquired in 1444, René d'Anjou developed between 1447 and 1459 an S-shaped building whose North part, equipped with an entrance chatelet and two corner towers is dedicated to the apartments of the received lords and the South courtyard to the royal home. Despite its defensive aspect (moat walls, loopholes, fortified entrance), the castle is characteristic of the «manors in the countryside» of King René: silhouette very cut out but simple architectural volumes of the exterior facades; refinement and comfort of the interior spaces (large windows, numerous fireplaces), where the decoration is still Gothic flamboyant (chapel). Like Baugé, Launay owned a pleasure garden.