Correspondence workshop around Colette and Jean Cocteau

Name: Correspondence workshop around Colette and Jean Cocteau
Start: 2023-09-16T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Domaine national du Palais-Royal

On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Colette’s birth and the 60th anniversary of Jean Cocteau’s death, the Domaine national pays tribute to them by organizing a workshop corresponding to the...

16 and 17 September 2023Passed

Conditions

Free entry

©Séeberger Frères/Centre des monuments nationaux

On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Colette’s birth and the 60th anniversary of Jean Cocteau’s death, the Domaine national pays tribute to them by organizing a correspondence workshop. A prepaid postcard at the Éffigie de Colette or Jean Cocteau will be given free of charge to visitors who wish to send a letter to a person of their choice. a mailbox will be available on site to mail their mail.

About the location

Domaine national du Palais-Royal

8 rue de Montpensier 75001 Paris

Paris
Île-de-France

Built for the Cardinal de Richelieu by the architect Lemercier, builder of the Sorbonne, the main body (1634), facing the Louvre, becomes royal residence (Regency of Anne of Austria) then of the family of Orléans from 1661\. The work was completed and reworked in the 18th and 19th centuries. The three wings that close the sides of the garden date from the late 18th century. The superb and monumental setting of today leaves nothing to be guessed of the revolutionary agitation that reigns there in the eighteenth century, nor of the gambling houses and girls of «bad life», immortalized by Balzac, which bloom there in the following century. It is one of the favorite walking places of Parisians and tourists. The Comédie-Française, the Palais-Royal theatre and the restaurant Le Grand Véfour, which is listed as a historic monument, contribute to its reputation. Contemporary art is also strongly present in his main courtyard with the "Deux plateaux", known as "Colonnes de Buren", and the mobil