Visit of the castle of Parentignat

Name: Visita al castillo de Parentignat
Start: 2023-09-16T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Château de Parentignat

European Heritage Days 2023

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16 i 17 septiembre 2023Passed

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PARENTIGNAT CASTLE
THE EQUESTRIAN WORLD IN THE SPOTLIGHT!
EXHIBITIONS AND GUIDED TOUR

Saturday, September 16
Private apartment tour:
10 a.m. – 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Guided tour (museum route):
10h30 – 11h30 –14h30 – 15h30 – 16h30 – 17h30 Guided tour of the exhibition «Le chant des ondes»: 12h30
Thematic visit: «La maison Lastic et la culture équestre»: 10h30
Opening of the exhibition in the orangery: «La raison cavalière» at the heart of the French civilization from the 18th to the 20th centuries from 14:30 to 18:00 Park in free access: from 10:00 to 18:00
Sunday, September 17
Private apartment tour:
10 a.m. – 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Guided tour (museum route):
10h30 – 11h30
Guided tour of the exhibition «Le chant des ondes»: 12h30
Thematic visit: 10.30 am
Free visit of the castle: from 14h to 18h
Exhibition in the orangery: from 14:30 to 18:00
Conference: «The equestrian academies and the figure of the squire in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries»
15h30 Demonstration of classical riding (dressage & CSO)
Pony ride in the castle park: from 10am to 6pm

About the location

Château de Parentignat

7, place du château, 63500, Parentignat

Puy-de-Dôme
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

The castle of Parentignat, called small Versailles from Auvergne by Henry Pourrat is a prerequisite for the curious visitor. Epargné in Revolution, it shelters one of the most important collections deprived of paintings(paints) of French grand masters today of the XVIIth and XVIIIth centuries. Visit will allow you to discover the different successions of lounges(shows), the dining room, the rooms(chambers) of splendours which still keep(preserve) a lot of their furniture of origin and the library(bookcase) with its 20 000 volumes. A walk among the trees of the splendid English-style park complètera agreeably your visit.