Exhibition "Taming the Loire? The Gaze of the Engineer Paul Guillon (1842–1909)"

Name: Exhibition "Taming the Loire? The Gaze of the Engineer Paul Guillon (1842–1909)"
Start: 2023-09-16T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-16T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Hôtel Euverte-Hatte - Centre Charles-Péguy

This exhibition revisits the issues surrounding the Loire in the second half of the 19th century: floods, dreams of improving the river’s seaworthiness, water diversion projects…

Saturday 16 September 2023, 10:00Passed

This exhibition looks back on the issues surrounding the Loire in the second half of the 19th century: floods, dreams of improving the navigability of the river, projects to divert water from the Loiret… seen through the collection of Paul Guillon, Orleans engineer of Ponts et Chaussées and member of the Loire Special Service. With thousands of pages of archives and a library of more than 500 volumes, this collection, bequeathed in 1909 to the Orléans Media Library, is a valuable testimony to the river and its development.

About the location

Hôtel Euverte-Hatte - Centre Charles-Péguy

11 rue du Tabour 45000 Orléans

Loiret
Centre-Val de Loire

Behind this facade homogeneous Renaissance was commanded(ordered) by the trade rich man Euverte Hatte in 1524, two distinct houses separated by a long corridor(lane) are, till the beginning of the XXth century. The sobriety on the road side cuts with the architectural and ornamental wealth of the courtyard. Since 1964, the building(ship) shelters the Centre Charles Péguy.