«In the footsteps of Raymond Marabout in Mantes»

Name: «In the footsteps of Raymond Marabout in Mantes»
Start: 2023-09-16T15:45:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-16T17:15:00+02:00
Location: Musée de l'Hôtel-Dieu

A visit to discover sites marked by the work of Raymond Marabout, a Mantese architect from the first half of the 20th century and who left a strong mark on the urban architecture of M…

Saturday 16 September 2023, 15:45Passed

Conditions

Free of charge, upon registration

Registration

0134788660 reservation.patour@manteslajolie.fr

Ville de Mantes-la-Jolie

A visit to discover sites marked by the work of Raymond Marabout, Mantais architect of the first half of the twentieth century and who left a strong mark on the urban architecture of Mantes-la-Jolie. This visit is part of the exhibition Raymond Marabout, an Art Deco architect in Mantes-la-Jolie (from 07/06 to 13/11/2023 at the Musée de l'Hôtel-Dieu) which traces the life and career of this architect and his role for Mantes-la-Jolie and the architecture of thetwo wars. This visit will be led by Roselyne Bussière, curator emeritus of heritage and co-curator of the Raymond Marabout exhibition.

About the location

Musée de l'Hôtel-Dieu

1 rue Thiers 78200 Mantes-la-Jolie

Yvelines
Île-de-France

Labelled Musée de France in 2002, the Hôtel-Dieu museum is located near the Notre-Dame collegiate church. Built in the fourteenth century under the reign of Charles V and heavily redesigned in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the building underwent new assignments from the eighteenth century: prison under the Revolution, hospice, orphanage then, successively, theatre, café, cinema and ballroom before being acquired by the City in 1962\. The chapel of the Hotel-Dieu was declared a Historical Monument in 1948 for its 17th century facade and listed as a Historical Monument for the rest of the building in 1964\. The restoration of the building completed, the museum was inaugurated in 1996\. The museum houses a lapidary collection from the Collegiate Church and the church of Sainte-Anne de Gassicourt, as well as works by the post-impressionist painter Maximilien Luce (1851-1941), illustrating the themes of the landscape in the Seine Valley, river tourism, industrial growth and the c