Guided tours

Name: Visites commentées
Start: 2023-09-16T11:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-16T17:15:00+02:00
Location: Cloître de la Psalette

Discover the hidden treasures of the Psalette cloister. Your guide will tell you about the history and architecture of this place that was once dedicated to teaching music. He will teach you how to te

Samedi 16 septembre 2023, 11h00, 14h00, 14h30, 15h00, 15h30, 16h00, 16h30Passé

Discover the hidden treasures of the Psalette cloister. Your guide will tell you about the history and architecture of this place once dedicated to music teaching. It will also reveal the origin of the tourist photography told in the exhibition "Souvenirs de Touraine".

Types d'événement

Visite commentée / Conférence

Thèmes 2023

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Tout public

À propos du lieu

Cloître de la Psalette

Cathédrale de Tours, 37000 Tours

Indre-et-Loire
Centre-Val de Loire

The cloister of Psalette, located on the side of the cathedral of Tours(Ballots,Towers), is compound(made up) of three galleries architecture of which is partly flamboyant and partly Renaissance. A staircase in remarkable screw, which is reminiscent that of the wing François Ier of the castle of Blois, leads(drives) to the scriptorium and to the bookshop of the chapter. In the XIXth century, Balzac pulled one of his characters of The human comedy, the priest of Tours(Ballots,Towers) there.