The site of the Recollets: visits-meetings with the restorers of the painted decorations

Name: La obra de los recoletos: visitas-encuentros con los restauradores de las decoraciones pintadas
Start: 2022-09-18T14:30:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T15:30:00+02:00
Location: Couvent des Récollets

Visit of the Recollet convent by the decorator of painted decorations.

Domingo 18 septiembre 2022, 14:30Passed

Herramientas de registro

05 59 26 03 16 05 59 47 64 56 -

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Within the convent, 165 m2 of 17th century painted decorations are waiting to give us their secrets. Ulla Frantzen and Marc Violle are in charge of their restoration. This couple of restaurateurs will take you behind the scenes of his work and will enlighten you on the nature of these unique testimonies.

About the location

Couvent des Récollets

1 place des Récollets, 64500 Ciboure

Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Following the witchcraft trials and to pacify the relations between the inhabitants of Saint-Jean-de-Luz and Ciboure, a convent was built in 1611 by the Franciscan monks of the Recollet branch, on a small island in the middle of the Nivelle. The chapel was consecrated in 1613 then the cloister completed in 1643\. In the centre of the cloister, a cistern was built in 1662 thanks to the generosity of Cardinal Mazarin, on the occasion of the wedding of Louis XIV. In 1791, the Recollet brothers were expelled. Then, from 1821, the convent housed the Customs Service within its cloister. The part of the chapel will host activities related to fishing as early as 1900\. Chosen to house the future Centre d'interprétation de l'architecture et du patrimoine du Pays d'art et d'histoire de Saint-Jean-de-Luz Ciboure, this former convent is undergoing an important restoration.