Castle stained glass windows

Name: Vidrieras castillo
Start: 2023-09-16T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T18:30:00+02:00
Location: Château Royal

This year the royal castle of Blois wanted to associate the Blésois to an event that takes place within its walls: the restoration of the stained glass windows of the Chapelle Saint Calais.

16 i 17 septiembre 2023Passed

This year the royal castle of Blois wanted to associate the Blésois with an event that takes place in its walls: the restoration of the stained glass windows of the Chapelle Saint Calais.
Neighborhood houses, art associations and the art school were invited to reinterpret the stained glass windows of our monument.
A total of 8 participating groups, more than 80 children, teenagers and adults, came to discover the stained glass windows of the castle and manufacturing techniques with our guided speakers. Then a second visit in partnership with the service City of Art and History allowed them to discover other examples of stained-glass windows in the heritage of Blésois by visiting a monument in their neighborhood.
The goal was to highlight all the richness and variety of stained glass windows present in our city and that its inhabitants become actors in the enhancement of these often unknown elements, offering us a new artistic look with their creations.
Following these visits, each group works in the partner structures with their plastic art teacher, to create their own stained glass windows that will be exhibited at the castle during the 2023 Heritage Days.

About the location

Château Royal

6 place du Château, 41000 Blois

Loir-et-Cher
Centre-Val de Loire

Castle of the counts of Blois became under Louis XII then François I royal castle. It gathers around the same courtyard, four castles, four eras, four peaks of French architecture: the Gothic of the thirteenth century with the Hall of States, the flamboyant Gothic and the introduction of the Renaissance of the late fifteenth century with the wing Louis XII, the Renaissance of the sixteenth century in the François I wing and finally the classical architecture of the seventeenth century of the Gaston d'Orléans wing. It was restored by Félix Duban in the 19th century. The 1st floor of the Louis XII wing houses the Museum of Fine Arts of the city of Blois since 1869\. The Museum of Fine Arts presents a collection of works from the Romanesque period until the 19th century: painting, sculpture, tapestry... The royal castle of Blois presents a real panorama of the art and history of the castles of the Loire Around the courtyard, dominated by the monumental staircase François I, unfolds a flor