Self-guided tour
Free visit of the cloister of the Psalette.
16 and 17 September 2023Passed
Conditions
Compulsory issue of a ticket
(c) CMN / Philippe Berthé
Free visit of the cloister of the Psalette.
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Show all events16 and 17 September 2023Passed
Conditions
Compulsory issue of a ticket
September 2023
Saturday 16
10:00 - 12:30
14:00 - 17:30
Sunday 17
14:00 - 17:30
Types d'événement
Visite libreThèmes 2023
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Tout publicAbout the location
Cloître de la Psalette
Cathédrale de Tours, 37000 Tours
- Indre-et-Loire
- Centre-Val de Loire
The cloister of Psalette, located on the side of the cathedral of Tours(Ballots,Towers), is compound(made up) of three galleries architecture of which is partly flamboyant and partly Renaissance. A staircase in remarkable screw, which is reminiscent that of the wing François Ier of the castle of Blois, leads(drives) to the scriptorium and to the bookshop of the chapter. In the XIXth century, Balzac pulled one of his characters of The human comedy, the priest of Tours(Ballots,Towers) there.
Tags
Édifice religieux, Monument historique, Villes et Pays d'art et d'histoire, Patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCOAccess
Access by the north shoulder of the cathedral Saint-Gatien
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