Discover the exhibition: "Stones on our roofs in the National Park of Forests and in the Vosges"

Name: Discover the exhibition: "Stones on our roofs in the National Park of Forests and in the Vosges"
Start: 2023-09-16T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Hôtel de Région (ancien grand séminaire)

This exhibition highlights a roofing material used in the villages of the National Park of Forests for centuries: the lava, these fine limestone stones extracted from the quarries v…

16 and 17 September 2023Passed

Conditions

Free of charge. Free admission.

This exhibition highlights a roofing material used in the villages of the National Park of Forests for centuries: the lava, these fine limestone stones extracted from the nearby quarries and cleverly stacked. They were unfortunately replaced from the 19th century by the excessive use of the tile and the remaining lava roofs are no longer maintained or restored today. Also, to better understand this endangered heritage, an inventory study was conducted between the National Park of Forests, the Burgundy-Franche-Comté Region and the Grand-Est Region that this exhibition restores.

About the location

Hôtel de Région (ancien grand séminaire)

5 rue de Jéricho, 51000 Châlons-en-Champagne

Marne
Grand Est

Built by Edward, then Jules Deperthes, from 1897 till 1901, the old(former) big(great) seminary(seminar) devoted in Sainte-Croix, wanted by Mgr Latty, became regional seat of government in 1988\. Compound(Made up), according to a plan there H, of three main buildings of equal height, it presents stone leaky facades of size of windows in round arch or of arcades in ground floor(floors), enriched by a frieze of yellow brick on the first floor and of windows passers-by in the second. Of its previous function(office), the large building(ship) keeps(preserves) a magnificent chapel of romano-Byzantine style, in three naves covered with vaults in pendants painted by G. Defretière. The visitors can also discover to it the old(former) library(bookcase), the office(desk) of the president of Region drawn by Henry Ciriani and the room of assembly adorned with an original composition of Olivier Debré.