Luminous letter

Name: Carta luminosa
Start: 2023-09-17T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T15:00:00+02:00
Location: Musée national et domaine du château de Pau

With Hélène Roche, art historian, children will discover the world of medieval books and make a drop cap of their choice with natural pigments.

Domingo 17 septiembre 2023, 14:00Passed

Herramientas de registro

reservations.chateau-de-pau@culture.gouv.fr 05 59 82 38 02 Register / book: https://affluences.com/rmn-gp/musee-national-et-domaine-du-chateau-de-pau/reservation?type=4467&date=2023-09-17

@helene.roche

With Hélène Roche, art historian, children will discover the world of the medieval book and make a lettering of their choice with natural pigments.

Types d'événement

Animation Jeune public

Thèmes 2023

Patrimoine vivant

I agree that the image may be freely used, provided that it is attributed to the author by name and shared under the same conditions.

Conditions de participation

Sur inscription

Type de public

Enfants (0-15 ans)

About the location

Musée national et domaine du château de Pau

Rue du château, 64000 Pau

Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Built in the XIIIth century by the viscounts of Béarn, the castle of Pau is extended in 1370s by legendary Gaston Fébus, count of Foix and viscount of Béarn (1343-1391). In the first half of the XVIth century, Henry d' Albret and her wife, Margaret d' Angoulême, sister of François Ier, give him the decoration(set) Renaissance which saw being born, in 1553, the one who will become Henry IV, " the good king Henry ".
In the XIXth century, Louis-Philippe, then Napoleon III proceed to a complete restoration(catering) and to a refitting(reorganisation) of the royal apartments. Of this time(period), the castle kept(preserved) undamaged its internal decoration(set), of style Troubadour and neo-Renaissance, as well as exceptional all the most prestigious tapestries of Flanderses and of the Gobelins des XVIe, XVIIth century and the XVIII centuries.