«Flash» visit of the Sainte-Eugénie church

Name: Visite « flash » de l'église Sainte-Eugénie
Start: 2023-09-16T15:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-16T17:30:00+02:00
Location: Domaine impérial de Solférino

In 30 minutes top-chrono, discover the church Sainte-Eugénie, its architecture and its history so particular. It was built in 1860 with the help of Napoélon III and E…

Samedi 16 septembre 2023, 15h00, 17h00Passé

Église Sainte-Eugénie, vue depuis le sud-ouest. © PNRLG, CCCHL

In 30 minutes top-chrono, discover the church Sainte-Eugénie, its architecture and its history so particular. It was built in 1860 with the help of Napoélon III and Eugénie (patron saint of whom the building is dedicated) to serve the new imperial domain of Solferino.

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Visite commentée / Conférence

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Tout public

À propos du lieu

Domaine impérial de Solférino

40210 Solférino

Landes
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

In 1857, in his great dream of regenerating the uninhabited territories of southwestern France, Emperor Napoleon III acquired 7000 ha of the Landes department to create an imperial estate, a sort of ideal city in the image of Henrichemont, Richelieu or Versailles, designed in the 17th century. From 1860, the project comes out of the ground, a regular village (with its church Sainte-Eugénie, its town hall-school, its model farms and its agricultural houses called «cottages») implanted in the center of the domain. It became a commune in 1863 and was named Solferino in memory of the victory of the imperial troops over the Austrians in 1859.