Château-musée
D268, 14100 Saint-Germain-de-Livet
The castle-museum of Saint German de Livet: "luxury, peace and pleasure" in the XIXth century. Located close to Lisieux, the castle of Saint-Germain-de-Livet, classified as "Historic Monument", gathers(combines) a manor with wooden pieces of the end of the XVth century s. and a stone construction and brick glazed by the Pré-d' Auge, of the end of the XVIth century s. The room of services(offices) establishes(constitutes) an inescapable(major) stage in the discovery of the castle-museum, because it can of superb frescoes of the end of the XVIth century s. This castle-museum, labelled Museum of France, presents the furniture and the collections of the family which gave the domain in the city of Lisieux in 1957\. Conjugating furniture and works of art, the inside manifests refinement and lifestyle in the XIXth century s. and suggests discovering the artistic and personal route(course) of the painter Léon Riesener (1808-1878), grandson of the cabinet maker Jean-Henry Riesener and cousin of Eugene Delacroix.
Tags
Château, hôtel urbain, palais, manoir, Musée de France i Monument historique
Acceso
The interiors of the castle are being restored and temporarily inaccessible to the public, free access to the gardens, parking lot (within 100 meters).
© Château-musée de Saint-Germain de Livet
