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16 et 17 septembre 2023Passé
Septembre 2023
Samedi 16
10:30 - 18:30
Dimanche 17
10:30 - 18:30
De 0 à 99 ans

Maison littéraire de Victor Hugo

Château des Roches - 45 rue Vauboyen 91570 Bièvres
  • Essonne
  • Île-de-France

Guided tour of the exhibition "Victor Hugo and Peace"

The son of a general, Victor Hugo was confronted from childhood with the violent events of his time. This gave rise in him to the determination that men of spirit should succeed men...
16 et 17 septembre 2023Passé
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The son of a general, Victor Hugo was confronted from childhood with the violent events of his time. This gave him the determination that men of the spirit should succeed men of the sword, which is why as a simple citizen, even of France, deputy, proscribed, or senator, he was always deeply a man of peace. This struggle had for him a purpose, to connect men to each other, as he writes in Philosophical Prose: Man made people, it is freedom; people made man, it is brotherhood. Freedom and fraternity combined is harmony. Harmony; more than peace. Men in peace are passive; men in harmony are active.”
The new exhibition of the Literary House of Victor Hugo aims to highlight the different facets of the peaceful action of the great man, presenting original editions, engravings, objects, letters and manuscripts on the subject, some exceptional since they have been classified as national treasures under the title of historical monuments.

Types d'événement
Visite commentée / Conférence
Thèmes 2023
Aucune sélection
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Conditions de participation
Gratuit
Type de public
Tout public

À propos du lieu

Maison littéraire de Victor Hugo
Château des Roches - 45 rue Vauboyen 91570 Bièvres
  • Essonne
  • Île-de-France
The castle of Les Roches was in the nineteenth century the property of Bertin the elder, director of the Journal des Débats. He hosted a literary salon where Chateaubriand, Ingres, Girodet, and Berlioz Liszt mingled. Victor Hugo, a privileged guest, also stayed for a family holiday. Now known as the Literary House of Victor Hugo, the castle houses a prestigious collection of manuscripts, rare original editions, corrected proofs, signed autograph letters, engravings and period photographs. In May 2000, 5 documents were classified as Historical Monuments: the proofs of Contemplations, the Legend of the Centuries and the Miserable, the manuscript of the draft decree of general amnesty of the Communards and finally the last words written by the great writer three days before his death: "To love is to act". The landscaping of the garden and the park has restored a landscape that is always present in the poet’s verses. Writing from the banks of the Rhine to his friends, Victor Hugo says: "Al
Tags
Maison, appartement, atelier de personnes célèbres & Espace naturel, parc, jardin
Accès
RER C station Bièvres or Vauboyen
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