Visit on digital tablet: «Le voyage de Guilhem»

Name: Visita en tableta digital: «El viaje de Guilhem»
Start: 2023-09-15T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T11:00:00+02:00
Location: Crypte Saint-Girons

Visit Saint-Sever otherwise it is possible! Equipped with a digital tablet for rent at the tourist office, discover this place full of history!...

15 - 17 septiembre 2023Passed

@SPL Landes Chalosse

Visit Saint-Sever otherwise it is possible! Equipped with a digital tablet for rent at the tourist office, discover this place full of history!
Let yourself be told the rich and incredible history of Saint-Sever. Follow in the footsteps of Guilhem, a young monk from the 11th century, who inadvertently opened the Beatus de Saint-Sever. The beginning of a surprising adventure for him... and you. If you can’t get around, make the trip with YouTube.
Shelves cleaned before and after each rental.

About the location

Crypte Saint-Girons

Place du Tour du Sol, 40500 Saint-Sever

Landes
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Prevailing Saint-Sever the valley of Adour, is an important medieval city(estate) at the ancient origins. Its strategical location explains the presence of an oppidum from the Protohistory. The medieval city(estate) was based(established) and strengthened in 1100, the surrounding wall(speaker) was extended in the 15th century including(comprising) the Gothic convent of the Jacobins. Vestiges of ramparts are still visible. In the 17th century, Capuchin friars and from Ursulines had settled down in the city(estate). The latter(These last) are the only ones to have returned after Revolution in a new convent, the hotel of Barbotan which(where) they redeveloped in the 19th century. Numerous private residences punctuate the streets of the city. They date for most the 18th century. In the 19th century, the hotel of Bourrouilhan was the one of the general Lamarque.