Discover the Town Hall, former convent of the Récollets, its garden with an exceptional heritage and the Clamart cemetery

Name: Descubra el Ayuntamiento, antiguo convento de los Recoletos, su jardín con un conjunto patrimonial excepcional y el cementerio Clamart
Start: 2023-09-17T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T12:00:00+02:00
Location: Hôtel de Ville

European Heritage Days 2023

Domingo 17 septiembre 2023, 10:00Passed

©Collection OT Lac du Der

Take a guided tour of the former convent of the Recollets, now Town Hall, its garden to discover the facade of the Collège des Garçons and the sculpture ‘Adam et Eve’ by Alphonse Terroir. The visit ends with the Clamart cemetery, a hidden heritage that is only open for this occasion.

About the location

Hôtel de Ville

Place de l'Hôtel de Ville, 51300 Vitry-le-François

Marne
Grand Est

1621: Louis XIII allows the installation of Récollets in Vitry-le-François "to train(form) good Christians", under the pretence of a campaign(countryside) led against the Protestants.
1624-1635: unoccupied plots of land are acquired(bought back) to the notables and vitryats traders on a zone before reserved for sessions by entrainements of arquebusiers. The construction of the convent of Récollets begins. In 1625, a first chapel is built. Dormitories, refectory, portal(gate), library(bookcase), cellar follow. The building(ship) will expand until 1706.
1789: French revolution confiscates by decree the property(goods) of the clergy then in 1791, the convent is sold by auction and becomes property of the city of Vitry-le-François. The building(ship) is then occupied by local services(departments).
1840: the old(former) convent becomes officially the Town hall. Important renovation work is periodically committed(hired) until 1896.
1944: the Town hall, saved(spared) in 1940, is devastated during the bombardment of June 27th, 1944\. With him 30000 volumes of his library(bookcase) disappear. The building will be rebuilt as before then inaugurated officially in 1962.
In the garden: the facade of the Middle school(College) of the Boys, burnt down in 1940, as well as the group " Adam et Eve ", realised by the sculptor Alphonse Terroir and given to the City of Vitry-le-François, by the Ville de Paris.