In the footsteps of the Baroness of Brienen

Name: In the footsteps of the Baroness of Brienen
Start: 2022-09-17T17:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:30:00+02:00
Location: Conservatoire de Pau-Pyrénées-Béarn

Take part in this walk, in the footsteps of the Baroness of Brienen.

17 and 18 September 2022Passed

Conditions

Free. Reservation required at the Pau-Pyrénées Tourist Office. Duration: 1h30.

Registration

©Ville de Pau, Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Inventaire général du patrimoine culturel, Adrienne Barroche

Take part in this walk, in the footsteps of the Baroness of Brienen.

Ghislaine van der Linden d'Hooghvorst, baroness of Brienen (1833-1903), a prominent figure of the Paloise resort, gave Pau two remarkable monuments: the convent of the society of Marie Réparatrice, now a conservatory, and the Villa Brienen.
Discover the life of this exceptional woman thanks to the path created between two places that were dear to her.
A walk led by Cécile Devos, researcher, Mission Ville d'art et d'histoire de la Ville de Pau.

About the location

Conservatoire de Pau-Pyrénées-Béarn

2 rue des Réparatrices, 64000 Pau

Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

The convent of the society of Marie-Réparatrice was founded thanks to the involvement of the baroness of Brienen, member of the family of Émilie d'Oultremont, founder of the order, and her daughter, who are hosting the community on part of their property and presumably funding the work. The newspaper Mémorial des Pyrénées mentions the inauguration of a temporary chapel in November 1874, the arrival of the community in Pau seems to be very recent. The former convent has been transformed into a music and dance conservatory since the 2000s after a competition in 1998 won by the Palois architect François Lathelize, the chapel becoming an auditorium.