Guided tour of the Normandy Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs

Name: Guided tour of the Normandy Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs
Start: 2022-09-17T15:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-17T16:00:00+02:00
Location: Direction régionale des affaires culturelles de Normandie

Visit of the St-Joseph chapel, presentation of the 2 public commissions

Saturday 17 September 2022, 15:00Passed

Conditions

Registration recommended on 02 31 38 39 61 or [communication.drac.normandie@culture.gouv.fr](mailto:communication.drac.normandie@culture.gouv.fr)

Registration

02 31 38 39 61 communication.drac.normandie@culture.gouv.fr

G.Fauq / DRAC de Normandie

Discover this former psychiatric asylum, and its monumental architecture, symmetrical and characteristic of the 19th century. This monument is listed as a historical monument. It has hosted the Normandy Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs since June 1998, and is full of anecdotes and curiosities to discover. The visit begins with the court and an explanation of the 2 public orders. It continues in the reception and the chapel with particular attention to the stained glass windows and ends with the history of the building and some specific points of impact of this history on its architecture.

About the location

Direction régionale des affaires culturelles de Normandie

13 bis rue Saint-Ouen, 14000 Caen

Calvados
Normandie

Old(Former) asylum (psychiatric hospital) builds by a religious congregation in the XIXth century, the building(ship) was rehabilitated in 1998 to receive the services(departments) of DRAC.