Circuit Marcel Pierre

Name: Circuit Marcel Pierre
Start: 2024-05-31T08:00:00+02:00
End: 2024-06-02T20:00:00+02:00
Location: Parc Barré Saint

Soak up the works of the sculptor Marcel Pierre (1897-1969) who punctuate the city! Educational panels display the artist’s various works. The 2-kilometre urban route will take you on a...

31 May - 2 JunePassed

Conditions

To be realized in autonomy with leaflet to withdraw at the tourist information office, or to download.

Registration

Register / book: https://www.montagnesdenormandie.fr/activites-et-loisirs/circuit-sur-les-pas-de-marcel-pierre-la-ferte-mace/ 02 33 37 10 97

©Ville de La Ferté-Macé

Soak up the works of the sculptor Marcel Pierre (1897-1969) who punctuate the city! Educational panels present the different works of the artist. The urban route of 2 km and 9 stages begins near the town hall and ends at the municipal park (2 possible variants).
9 steps with educational panels to discover the city and the works of Marcel Pierre and its history
– La Ferté-Macé Town Hall
– The Victory Monument
– Works of the Church
– Marcel Pierre’s House
– Marcel Pierre’s Garden
– The works of the cemetery
– Monument of Recognition
– The Calvary of the Place du Midi
– Memorial of Peace

About the location

Parc Barré Saint

Rue du Docteur Poulain, 61600 La Ferté-Macé

Orne
Normandie

Inaugurated in 1901, it was the property of Dr Barré. His daughter Madame François-Xavier Saint bequeathed her father’s house on the death of her father.
This park has been transformed into a public garden with a children’s playground and a kiosk surrounded by a rose garden.
Near the kiosk, one can admire a statue that is the replica of the statue of Diana whose original is on display at the Louvre. It was donated by Albert Christophle in 1892\. It was first placed on the site of the Victoire monument, then in front of the Caisse d'Epargne and since 1965 in this park where it seems to like itself…
The Peace Memorial: this monument was commissioned in 1937 from Marcel Pierre by Mademoiselle Emilie Boulanger for the municipality of Bagnoles-de-l'Orne which plans to install it in Place Centrale (currently Place du Général de Gaulle). The monument, designated «Monument of Victory» as in La Ferté-Macé, represents the ringing of the armistice but it remains unfinished and has never been inst