Lecture "Antonin Carême, the first of the leaders"

Name: Lecture "Antonin Carême, the first of the leaders"
Start: 2022-09-17T15:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-17T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Château et parc

In partnership with the Napoleonic Remembrance, a conference is organized with the historian Marie-Pierre Rey who will present a new work, in the kitchen office, on Antonin Carême.

Saturday 17 September 2022, 15:00Passed

Conditions

Free subject to the purchase of an entrance ticket to the castle (Full price €14.50, Reduced price €11.50)

About the location

Château et parc

2 rue de Blois 36600 Valençay

Indre
Centre-Val de Loire

Symbol of imperial power, Valençay represents taste and elegance, with its marble, paintings(boards), works of art, and its exceptional furniture Empire was adorned with golden bronzes. It is at the request of Napoleon that Talleyrand purchased of the Castle of Valençay in 1803\. Indoors, collections manifest the refinement of this time(period). Lounges(Shows), rooms(chambers), or else galleries, are furnished(filled) in a remarkable way with furniture style Empire, Louis XVI and return of Egypt. Underground, cookings(kitchens), service(office) and cellars, manifest the attention carried by the master of the house on its table, which was renamed(reappointed) in all Europe. This success was carried in particular by the undisputed talent of the cook Antonine Lent, discovered by the Very prince in 1804\. Visit continues by the discovery of gardens, spread(widened) on a park of more than 53 hectares. For the children, maze or else Antonine's garden will stir their curiosity. Finally, Theatre, jewel of 1810 which keeps(preserves) all decorations(sets) and backdrops of time(period), builds for the entertainment of the Princes Spanish during their stay forced in Valençay, visits several times a week during private visits. Listed(Classified) among 20 more beautiful sites of the Val de Loire, the Castle of Valençay offers you the richest visit of Châteaux of the Loire.