Guided tour of a high school with remarkable contemporary architecture

Name: Visita guiada de una escuela secundaria con una arquitectura contemporánea notable
Start: 2023-09-16T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T12:00:00+02:00
Location: Lycée Pierre Caraminot

Discover a remarkable contemporary architecture!

16 i 17 septiembre 2023Passed

©PAH Haute Corrèze Ventadour

Discover a remarkable contemporary architecture!
The Lycée Pierre Caraminot opens its doors during the weekend of the European Heritage Days. Guided tours are organised by the property’s director, who will show you the history of this emblematic building in the town of Égletons.

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Gratuit

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Tout public

About the location

Lycée Pierre Caraminot

28 avenue de Ventadour, 19300 Égletons

Corrèze
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Built to shelter a professional national school, the site becomes a high school in 1960\. Robert Danis, chief architect of Historic monuments, gives he a classic arrangement(disposal) while proposing an open-air school, which buildings(ships) restarted on artificial terraces. This high school manifests moreover the evolution of materials in school construction from 1930s: concrete(watertight) structure armed and local stone facing: here the granite of Eyrein. On August 18th, 1944, the school is partly destroyed by the bombardment of the allies, the roofing and the different levels of the central building(ship) are affected, alone workshops(studios) are saved(spared). He(It) was labelled «Heritage of the XXth century» by the Ministry of Culture and Communication in 2010\. He(It) also saw itself awarding the label «Equality to Him(It) It» of the Education for his(its) politics(policy) of promotion(class) of scientific, technological and professional trainings(formations) to the girls.