Living and rehabilitating in the historic center

Name: Living and rehabilitating in the historic center
Start: 2023-09-17T16:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Centre historique de Saint-Gilles

Private individuals open their doors to discover two rehabilitation projects in the heart of the medieval village: one concerns a Gothic house, the other a Romanesque house. This visit is…

Sunday 17 September 2023, 16:00Passed

Conditions

Free. Free entrance. Go to the abbey church.

©Ville de Saint-Gilles

Private individuals open their doors to discover two rehabilitation projects in the heart of the medieval village: one concerns a Gothic house, the other a Romanesque house. This visit will be an opportunity to open your eyes to an exceptional but little known heritage, to understand the constraints and difficulties but also to discover the exciting adventure of such an approach.

About the location

Centre historique de Saint-Gilles

Centre ville, 30800 Saint-Gilles

Gard
Occitanie

In the Gard, the town of Saint-Gilles is located 19 km from Nîmes and 18 km from Arles, between Languedoc and Provence, the Costières de Nîmes and the Camargue.
One of the largest municipalities in the department due to its size and population, Saint-Gilles is a real city where people live and circulate, with shops and a marina on its canal.
Already occupied in Roman times, at the end of the 7th century the hermit Gilles founded a Benedictine church and monastery. In the ninth century, the miracles performed by Saint Gilles made the city an important pilgrimage site on the Santiago de Compostela Way. But the history of the city was tumultuous, it suffered the crusade against the Albigensians, the ravages of the wars of religion and the Revolution.
Today, visitors flock back to it for its remarkable heritage, of which the abbey church is undoubtedly the most interesting site.
A masterpiece of Romanesque art, the 12th century upper church with its façade and three monumental doors is a U