Conference "The Beauregard sports and leisure park from the origins to the 1940s"

Name: Conference "The Beauregard sports and leisure park from the origins to the 1940s"
Start: 2023-09-17T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T16:00:00+02:00
Location: Parc sportif et de loisirs Beauregard

Parc Beauregard invites Claude METTAVANT, historian of the town of Rochecorbon, to present the history of this sports and leisure site created in the second half of the 1930’s by a company...

Sunday 17 September 2023, 14:00Passed

Conditions

Welcome at 14h. Beginning of the conference at 14h30\. Signings.

Collection privée Claude METTAVANT

Parc Beauregard invites Claude METTAVANT, historian of the town of Rochecorbon, to present the history of this sports and leisure site created in the second half of the 1930s by a Touraine entrepreneur selling sports items, Marius SELLIER. Its former indoor tennis court was the first built in Indre-et-Loire. Its outdoor swimming pool has contributed for seven decades to the learning of swimming and has been for many Tourangeaux a leisure area where you come with family, friends, or to meet people.
1. Beauregard site before park: 1730-1930
2. Marius SELLIER the initiator and creator of the park
3. Architects BARTHELÉMY and CHALUMEAU (with original plans)
4. The park during the Second World War (occupation recreation, requisition and war damage). Claude METTAVANT will then present the three new volumes of his Encyclopædia Rupes Corbonis*, which now has eight. Organized in partnership with the association PHARE (Heritage and History À Rochecorbon et ses Environs) and ASPTT Tours who will visit after the conference the Eiffel-type steel frame building that hosted the first indoor tennis court in Indre-et-Loire.

About the location

Parc sportif et de loisirs Beauregard

1, quai de la Loire 37210 Rochecorbon

Indre-et-Loire
Centre-Val de Loire

Within the perimeter of the remarkable heritage site (SPR) of the town of Rochecorbon, the Beauregard sports and leisure park was created in the second half of the 1930s by a Touraine entrepreneur selling sporting goods, Mr. Sellier. The acquisition of the site in 1935 was followed by the construction of the first indoor tennis court in Indre-et-Loire and an outdoor swimming pool that was very popular until the 1980s by many residents of Tours. The project initiated in September 2022 by the current owner aims to consolidate sports and leisure activities on the site, beautify it in accordance with the SP regulation, develop cultural mediation activities and promote biodiversity.