Exhibition: «What’s new in the Middle Ages?» and conference: «Castelnaux du sud des Landes»

Name: Exposition : « Quoi de neuf au Moyen Âge ? » et conférence : « Castelnaux du sud des Landes »
Start: 2023-09-15T10:30:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Abbaye d'Arthous

The Abbey of Arthous opens wide the doors of its site doubly classified as Historical Monuments and Museum of France, on the occasion of the European Heritage Days. You have discovered...

15 - 17 septembre 2023Passé

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The Abbey of Arthous opens wide the doors of its site doubly classified as Historical Monuments and Museum of France, on the occasion of the European Heritage Days. You will discover its prehistoric art treasures, its new room dedicated to medieval sculptures and the carved chevet that made Arthous famous. Meet his mediators in the exhibition «What’s new in the Middle Ages?» and dispel your misconceptions about a 1,000-year-old era, rediscovered through recent archaeological excavations. And to perfect your knowledge on the local heritage, Anne Berdoy, doctor in medieval history will give a lecture about the «Castelnaux du sud des Landes», Sunday 17 September at 11am. Enjoy entertainment for families and children, Saturday and Sunday from 10:30 am to 1 pm. Guided tours on the history of the abbey will take place at 14:30, 15:30 and 16:30. Those on the theme of the Romanesque sculptures of the bedside will be at 15h and 16h.
Book your weekend at the abbey of Arthous, departmental site open to all curious.

À propos du lieu

Abbaye d'Arthous

785 route de l'abbaye, 40300 Hastingues

Landes
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Having based(established) by 1167 by the members of a religious order prémontrés the Compartment God near(about) Auch, the abbey of Arthous is thriving until the XVIth century. His(Her,Its) conventual buildings(ships) are rebuilt and extended in the course of the XIIth and XVIIIth centuries. Having sold as very national in Revolution, she(it) is transformed into farm then given to the department of Landes(Moors). The Romance church, today restored, keeps(preserves) set(group) of modillons and sculpted capitals(big tops). The abbey proposes a cultural programme planning(programming) and shelters the museum of history(story) and of archaeology of the Country of Orthe.