Free visit of the cloister of the Psalette with a visit document

Name: Visita libre del claustro del Salmo con un documento de visita
Start: 2022-09-17T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T17:30:00+02:00
Location: Cloître de la Psalette

Browse the galleries of the cloister, discover the scriptorium and the library. Admire the view of the cathedral from the terrace and enjoy the peace of the place lying in a deckchair.

17 i 18 septiembre 2022Passed

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Visite libre

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About the location

Cloître de la Psalette

Cathédrale de Tours, 37000 Tours

Indre-et-Loire
Centre-Val de Loire

The cloister of Psalette, located on the side of the cathedral of Tours(Ballots,Towers), is compound(made up) of three galleries architecture of which is partly flamboyant and partly Renaissance. A staircase in remarkable screw, which is reminiscent that of the wing François Ier of the castle of Blois, leads(drives) to the scriptorium and to the bookshop of the chapter. In the XIXth century, Balzac pulled one of his characters of The human comedy, the priest of Tours(Ballots,Towers) there.