Discover this curious walk punctuated with anecdotes and stories from South Gironde

Name: Discover this curious walk punctuated with anecdotes and stories from South Gironde
Start: 2022-09-17T16:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T11:30:00+02:00
Location: Gare de Langon

The Mauriac Castle, the tobacco warehouses, the crime of Langon, the gastronomic excellence of the Oliver family. But what can these four stories have in common?

17 and 18 September 2022Passed

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Free. 20 people maximum per visit. Registration required.

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06 68 07 99 26

©Bruno Lacombe

The Mauriac Castle, the tobacco warehouses, the crime of Langon, the gastronomic excellence of the Oliver family. But what can these four stories have in common?

Only one thing connects them all four: the railway line, opened in the middle of the 19th century. This railway line was a real economic, social and tourist change for the city of Langon. To discover more, let yourself be tempted by this tour and listen to your guide. From anecdote to anecdote, Bruno Lacombe tells you the story of South Gironde.
He will meet you in front of the station and will take you from the Mauriac castle to the café-hotel of the station, from the end of the avenue of 19 March 1962 to the tobacco warehouses of the city.

About the location

Gare de Langon

Place Henri Labit, 33210 Langon

Gironde
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Inaugurated in January 1853, the railway line became a main axis for the city of Langon and communications with all the south Gironde.
4 topics related to commissioning:
* The Château Mauriac, called Château Génitrix, was built in 1865 by Jacques Mauriac, François' grandfather. He came from the Arrocs to Saint Pierre d'Aurillac, where he traded in wood and wine. The prosperity of his activity led him to Langon near the Garonne and the railway to optimize the transport of goods. François Mauriac will be inspired by this place to write "Génitrix" dark and tragic work.
* The crime of Langon. On February 6, 1907, an insurance agent from La Réole arrived on the 1:30 train. He heads to the Café Hôtel de la Gare run by shady owners with a loaded judicial past. The insurance agent will be found 8 months later floating on the Garonne. Against the backdrop of theft, a crime of cruelty.
* The Oliver family, or the excellence of French gastronomy in the 20th century. 5 generations of cooks,