Guided tour of the temporary exhibition - Le Préventorium de Chavaniac-Lafayette

Name: Guided tour of the temporary exhibition - Le Préventorium de Chavaniac-Lafayette
Start: 2022-09-17T16:45:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T17:15:00+02:00
Location: Château de Chavaniac-Lafayette

Discover the temporary exhibition dedicated to the Préventorium of Chavaniac-Lafayette, an institution that has welcomed tens of thousands of children within the Domaine du Château in the 20th century

17 and 18 September 2022Passed

Département de la Haute-Loire

Types d'événement

Visite commentée / Conférence

Thème 2022

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Conditions de participation

Gratuit, Sur inscription

About the location

Château de Chavaniac-Lafayette

Le bourg, 43230 Chavaniac-Lafayette, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Haute-Loire
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

This manorial house, old(former) strong house of the XIVth century, was rebuilt at the beginning of the XVIIIth century then restored by the marquess of Lafayette at the end of the XVIIIth century. The Memorial Lafayette procèdera association in its refitting(reorganisation) at the beginning of the XXth century. It is in these places that the marquess of Lafayette, heroin of both worlds, was born in 1757, and spent his childhood. The castle will be the ownership of an American association, Memorial Lafayette, from 1917 till 2008\. It is a departmental property since 2009\. The castle is at the heart of a 3 hectare park, done up by the founder of the association (John Moffat) by drawing inspiration from gardens of Albert Kahn. A muséographie redraws big(great) stages of the life of the general and his close friends, and allows to discover a rare collection of 14 panels(signs) of wallpaper, elements of decorations(sets) of the XVIIIth century. The castle of Chavaniac-Lafayette possesses the label "House of the Famous".