17 and 18 September 2022Passed

Conditions

Guided tours will be offered continuously with a departure every 15/20 min. The house being a private place, please wait in front of the entrance gate, the guide will come and pick you up.

September 2022

Saturday 17

14:00 - 17:00

Sunday 18

14:00 - 17:00

Grand Doyenné

26 rue d'Auditoire, 50300 Avranches

Manche
Normandie

Guided tour of the Grand Dean

Name: Guided tour of the Grand Dean
Start: 2022-09-17T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Grand Doyenné

Come and discover this impressive building with its medieval cellar and let you tell its tumultuous history.

17 and 18 September 2022Passed

Conditions

Guided tours will be offered continuously with a departure every 15/20 min. The house being a private place, please wait in front of the entrance gate, the guide will come and pick you up.

Ville d'Avranches

The only listed monument in Avranches, the great Dean, now a dwelling house, was first a seigneurial home, built in the 12th century by the Subligny family before becoming an ecclesastic residence in the 13th century. The owners exceptionally open their storeroom to the public this weekend.

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About the location

Grand Doyenné

26 rue d'Auditoire, 50300 Avranches

Manche
Normandie

Cellar of the XIIth century s. compound(made up) of 2 naves divided into 4 spans 22.65m long on 9.40m wide. Summit of vaults in 4.20m of the ground. bays(berries) with double splaying crossing the walls of a thickness of 2.28m. Vaults falling again on internal pillars and into walls. North facade of the XIIth century with two-light frames of the XVth / XVIth century s., time(period) in which the aula (big(great) hall) is done up in 2 levels with creation of rooms(parts,plays). South facade changed in the XVIIIth century s. with installation of internal woodworks and panels. Skeleton of the XVth / XVIth century s. compound(made up) of 7 are 8m high. In north angle / is staircase with screw thought "of Saint Giles" (the XIIth century s.) distributing, at that time, the cellar, the big(great) hall (aula), the block brings to room temperature and the old(former) disappeared path round the battlements (roofing)