The historian Chantal Jane Buisson will present a commented visit, each time renewed, of the Ancient Cemetery of Cusset in Villeurbanne.
During this journey, we will criss-cross the aisles to meet the men and women who made Villeurbanne.
We will meet entrepreneurs, self made men or self made women: Claudius Barral, Mother Jean, Rosa Coudant, Clothilde Alix. We will discover artists: Rose Chaleyssin, Jean Chorel, Jeanne Garcin, Lucie Rachat-Gangneron. We will learn that the architect Joseph Dubuisson, to whom we owe, among others, the Ampère monument in Lyon was buried there.
We will also be interested in the architecture of monuments often works of famous creators: Michel Roux-Spitz, Etienne Curny, Alexis Santu.
Each participant will receive a copy of the book: "The cemeteries of Villeurbanne. Famous figures and remarkable tombs" edited by the City of Villeurbanne
A single route with a departure at 2pm in front of the cemetery entrance.