Guided tour of the Chartreuse of the Vauclaire Hospital

Name: Guided tour of the Chartreuse of the Vauclaire Hospital
Start: 2023-09-17T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Centre Hospitalier Vauclaire

Joint visits ...

Sunday 17 September 2023, 10:00Passed

Conditions

Free. Free entrance. Slots established for departures of commented visits (maximum 25 people per group): 3 departures in the morning (10am, 10h40 and 11h20) and 3 departures in the afternoon (14h, 14h40 and 15h20). Duration of the visit: 1h30.

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Joint visits

The volunteers of the Gemm association will introduce the public to the history of the Chartreuse through the large cloister, chapel and small cloister...
Around living heritage and art
“Pictorial inspiration”: provision of creative spaces for one-day artists.
«Artistic restitution»: as part of the summer festival Transat, with the Medici workshops, the cultural center of the Vauclaire hospital will host in residence the artist Guillaume Renaudin. The European Heritage Days will mark the end of his residency and will be an opportunity to discover his participative theatrical system.
Around the heritage of sport
Professionals and members of the Vauclaire Hospital Sports Association will offer activities related to sports.

About the location

Centre Hospitalier Vauclaire

Vauclaire, 24700 Montpon-Ménestérol

Dordogne
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

In 1907, the department of the Dordogne bought the "Chartreuse of Vauclaire" from the congregation of the Chartreux(Carthusian monks) to make an establishment of mental health. Today, in spite of many transformations, there remains(subsists) a beautiful architectural ensemble which will be open to the public for the first time on the occasion of european Heritage Days 2017.