Visit the majestic castle through an original route combining visits and discovery of the trades of the maintenance of the heritage

Name: Visit the majestic castle through an original route combining visits and discovery of the trades of the maintenance of the heritage
Start: 2022-09-17T09:30:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Musée national et domaine du château de Pau

Discover the castle of Pau, birthplace of King Henri IV, under the guidance of a museum agent revealing the secrets of this monument loaded with history and the professions of heritage maintenance.

17 and 18 September 2022Passed

Conditions

Free. Upon registration on the website of the National Museum and Pau Castle Estate, by email or by phone.

Registration

©JF Lairez

For the European Heritage Days under the theme of sustainable heritage, the National Museum of the Castle of Pau redoubles its efforts to make you discover the trades of the maintenance of the heritage and to make itself accessible with a commented visit. Visitors are invited to observe a stonemason at work in the courtyard of the castle and, under the guidance of a museum agent, follow a route through the historic apartments to discover, room after room, the history of the monument and the characters who marked this place with their presence.
Guided tours depart every 30 minutes - for a maximum of 25 people - by reservation. Duration: 1 hour

About the location

Musée national et domaine du château de Pau

Rue du château, 64000 Pau

Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Built in the XIIIth century by the viscounts of Béarn, the castle of Pau is extended in 1370s by legendary Gaston Fébus, count of Foix and viscount of Béarn (1343-1391). In the first half of the XVIth century, Henry d' Albret and her wife, Margaret d' Angoulême, sister of François Ier, give him the decoration(set) Renaissance which saw being born, in 1553, the one who will become Henry IV, " the good king Henry ".
In the XIXth century, Louis-Philippe, then Napoleon III proceed to a complete restoration(catering) and to a refitting(reorganisation) of the royal apartments. Of this time(period), the castle kept(preserved) undamaged its internal decoration(set), of style Troubadour and neo-Renaissance, as well as exceptional all the most prestigious tapestries of Flanderses and of the Gobelins des XVIe, XVIIth century and the XVIII centuries.