Mountain Mines

Name: Minas de montaña
Start: 2022-09-17T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T17:30:00+02:00
Location: Château des ducs de Savoie

In the Pas-Perdus room, in connection with the exhibition Mines de Montagne presented at the Grange Batelière of the Abbey of Hautecombe, discover the universe of metalliferous mines of Savoy.

17 i 18 septiembre 2022Passed

Archives départementales de la Savoie, Fonds Montaz, [15Fi 164]

François Montaz, professional photographer in Modane from 1882, has a double activity, traditional, with family portraits, and editorial, with the shots exploited for the sale of postcards. On his death in 1952, his son Paul took over the business under his name and managed it until his death in 1964. In 2015, his heiress entrusted this photographic collection to the Archives départementales de la Savoie, by way of a deposit, which was transformed into a donation on November 24, 2021. These 444 photographs, on glass plates or soft negatives, testify to the daily life of the Maurienne valley by distinguishing the local history within the national history

About the location

Château des ducs de Savoie

Place du château, 73000 Chambéry, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Savoie
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

The count Amédée V of Savoy acquires the castle of Chambéry in 1295 and commits(hires) numerous works that his successors will pursue in the XIVth and XVth century: extra height of the strengthened mound, creation of the porterie, residential and administrative buildings(ships) and of four tours(towers,ballots) (big(great) missing tower, tour(tower,ballot) Cash(Finance), half round tower and tour(tower,ballot) of archives). Fortress, residence of Court(Yard), the castle is also the seat(siege) of the state-owned administration (treasure of charters, resident Council(Advise), Chancellery, Chamber(Room) of accounts). In 1408, the count Amédée VIII, future duke of Savoy, makes establish a new chapel which, shelters at the end of the XVth century the Saint shroud, taking then the name of Sainte-Chapelle. After the fire of 1532 then the French activity(occupation) of the duchy (1536-1559) the Saint shroud is transferred in Turin in 1578\. After the departure of the court(yard) in Turin, new capital of the States of Savoy in 1563, the castle keeps(preserves) an administrative and political role; embellishments and arrangements(developments) are begun(undertaken) between the environment(middle) of the XVIIth century and the end of the XVIIIth century: facade of the Sainte-Chapelle, gardens and terraces, Royal Wing But several fires mark the building permanently and it is necessary to wait for the beginning of the XIXth century so that the royal apartments and the Sainte-Chapelle are restored. During the annexation of the Savoy in France in 1860, the castle is given up(sold) to the Department of the Savoy. Classified as "Historic Monument" in 1881, it is allocated in 1890 to the services(departments) of the Department and of the Prefecture.