Attend an exhibition in a convent

Name: Attend an exhibition in a convent
Start: 2023-09-16T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Couvent des Annonciades Célestes

The exhibition "Treasures of the Heavenly Annunciations - Fourth Centenary of the Installation of the Nuns in Langres, 1623-2023" retraces the spirituality of the Order, the historical context of the

16 and 17 September 2023Passed

Conditions

Free entry

Claude PETIT

The exhibition "Treasures of the Celestial Annunciations - Fourth centenary of the installation of the nuns in Langres, 1623-2023" retraces the spirituality of the Order, the historical context of the foundation of the convent, the life of the foundress, between legend and reality. Many devotional objects are exhibited: paintings, statues, reliquaries... The life at the monastery is detailed, between moments of prayer and meditation and moments of work (embroidery, tapestry, making reliquaries with rolled paper...).

About the location

Couvent des Annonciades Célestes

2 rue Longe-Porte, 52200 Langres

Haute-Marne
Grand Est

The nuns of the Celestial Annunciations settled in Langres in 1623 and remained until 1984\. The convent was built at the beginning of the eighteenth century: it exudes a «strong impression of balance and harmony; everything says here the austerity of life and the erasure» (G. Viard 1990).
Built in 1684 by architect C.A. Allier and contractor N. Clerc, as indicated by the date on the front cartouche, the chapel is now occupied by the Museum of Sacred Art.