19 and 20 September

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Limited to 20 people

Registration

September 2026

Saturday 19
- 11:00 - 12:00
Sunday 20
- 15:00 - 16:00

This event includes accessibility accommodations

Motor impairment

Espace culturel Lympia

2 Quai d'Entrecasteaux, 06300 Nice, France

Alpes-Maritimes

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Guided tour of the exhibition "Lilette et Gilbert Valentin - Quand la terre devient lumière"

Name: Guided tour of the exhibition "Lilette et Gilbert Valentin - Quand la terre devient lumière"
Start: 2026-09-19T11:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-09-20T16:00:00+02:00
Location: Espace culturel Lympia

In 1950, Lilette and Gilbert Valentin founded "Les Archanges" in Vallauris, a workshop-gallery that became the home of the revival of postwar French ceramics. In this old factory of the ...

19 and 20 September

Conditions

Limited to 20 people

Registration

This event includes accessibility accommodations

Motor impairment

Explore heritage differently!
The Department of Alpes-Maritimes offers you, for the JEP 2026, unique activities open to all.
At the Lympia cultural space, we invite you to discover the exhibition dedicated to the ceramist couple Lilette and Gilbert Valentin.
In 1950, Lilette and Gilbert Valentin founded "Les Archanges" in Vallauris, a workshop-gallery that became the home of the revival of postwar French ceramics. In this former factory on the Chemin du Fournas, the couple set up a total aesthetic search, attracting the greatest names of the time such as Picasso, Cocteau, Prévert or Braque.
This visit explores the work of these complete creators, through a constant dialogue between pottery tradition and technical innovation.
General public - Duration: 1 hour

September 2026

Saturday 19
- 11:00 - 12:00
Sunday 20
- 15:00 - 16:00

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Journées Européennes du Patrimoine

About the location

Espace culturel Lympia

2 Quai d'Entrecasteaux, 06300 Nice, France

Alpes-Maritimes

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

The Lympia barracks, former prison of Nice, is the oldest building in the port of Nice. Its history is closely linked to that of the port Lympia which the Sardinian monarchy created from 1749\. The building, built between 1750 and 1752, served successively as a dry house, a prison, a short-term prison, barracks and premises housing administrative services. The facade consists of arcades with doors or openings, the interior space is presented in a single volume covered by a barrel vault and the whole is closed by a stone terrace. From 1826 and then from 1836, the bagne will be flanked by two practically symmetrical pavilions: to the north, the current Pavillon de l'Horloge, to the south the Pavillon du Bagne which has now disappeared. The whole was the Lympia barracks. The facade and the terrace have been protected as Historical Monuments since 1943.

Conditions

Registration

September 2026

This event includes accessibility accommodations

Führung durch die Ausstellung "Lilette et Gilbert Valentin - Quand la terre devient lumière"

Conditions

Registration

This event includes accessibility accommodations

Guided tour of the exhibition "Lilette et Gilbert Valentin - Quand la terre devient lumière"

Conditions

Registration

This event includes accessibility accommodations

Visita guidata della mostra "Lilette e Gilbert Valentin - Quando la terra diventa luce"

Conditions

Registration

This event includes accessibility accommodations

Visite guidée de l'exposition "Lilette et Gilbert Valentin - Quand la terre devient lumière"

Conditions

Registration

This event includes accessibility accommodations

Visita guiada de la exposición "Lilette et Gilbert Valentin - Quand la terre devient lumière"

Conditions

Registration

This event includes accessibility accommodations

September 2026