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Saturday 17 September 2022, 11:00, 14:00, 14:30, 15:00, 15:30, 16:00, 16:30Passed
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Free ticket required
September 2022
Saturday 17
11:00 - 11:45
14:00 - 14:30
14:30 - 15:00
15:00 - 15:30
15:30 - 16:00
16:00 - 16:30
16:30 - 17:15

Cloître de la Psalette

Cathédrale de Tours, 37000 Tours
  • Indre-et-Loire
  • Centre-Val de Loire

Guided tour

Discover the hidden treasures of the cloister. You will discover its history, its architecture still medieval and already renaissance, its school of music, the psalette and the work of the canons
Saturday 17 September 2022, 11:00, 14:00, 14:30, 15:00, 15:30, 16:00, 16:30Passed
Conditions
Free ticket required
(c)Patrick Müller / Centre des monuments nationaux
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About the location

Cloître de la Psalette
Cathédrale de Tours, 37000 Tours
  • Indre-et-Loire
  • Centre-Val de Loire
The cloister of Psalette, located on the side of the cathedral of Tours(Ballots,Towers), is compound(made up) of three galleries architecture of which is partly flamboyant and partly Renaissance. A staircase in remarkable screw, which is reminiscent that of the wing François Ier of the castle of Blois, leads(drives) to the scriptorium and to the bookshop of the chapter. In the XIXth century, Balzac pulled one of his characters of The human comedy, the priest of Tours(Ballots,Towers) there.
Tags
Édifice religieux, Monument historique, Villes et Pays d'art et d'histoire, Patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO
Access
Access by the north shoulder of the cathedral Saint-Gatien
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