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Samedi 16 septembre 2023, 10h30Passat
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Setembre 2023
Dissabte 16
10:30 - 11:30

Château de La Tour d'Aigues

Château de La Tour d'Aigues 84240 La Tour-d'Aigues
  • Vaucluse
  • Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Guided tour of the castle and the village of La Tour d'Aigues

Guided tour of the castle and the village of La Tour d'Aigues
Samedi 16 septembre 2023, 10h30Passat
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 06 71 10 48 28
© Département de Vaucluse - Collection du Château de La Tour d'Aigues - Aquarelle de A.J Meunier XVIIIe s.

Guided tour of the castle and the village of La Tour d'Aigues

Françoise Genoulaz, heritage guide. It is a chronological and playful visit punctuated by anecdotes with a light on the «us and customs» of the past, between the black legend of the Middle Ages and the golden legend. Eight centuries of shadow and light over the six dynasties that will rule the castle of La Tour d'Aigues. Then the arcana of the castle, but from the inside this time via the gigantic underground network and the rooms dedicated to ceramics. Walking around the village…

Types d'événement
Visite commentée / Conférence
Thèmes 2023
Patrimoine vivant
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Château de La Tour d'Aigues
Château de La Tour d'Aigues 84240 La Tour-d'Aigues
  • Vaucluse
  • Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
The castle of La Tour d'Aigues in Vaucluse, owned by the General Council, houses since 1987, a museum of earthenware. On the occasion of the restoration work of the castle, carried out by the General Council of Vaucluse, and the archaeological excavations carried out from 1976 to 1980, an important set of ceramics, glassware, pavement tiles was brought to light. La Tour d'Aigues was a pottery production centre during the second half of the 18th century thanks to» Jean-Baptiste-Jérôme BRUNY (1724-1795), owner of the castle. This descendant of a family of the great Marseilles bourgeoisie was a scholar, a lover of natural history, medicine, agronomy and a great lover of art. His entrepreneurial spirit, his curiosity, his taste for applied research led him to try various experiments in the most varied fields: thus he created a pottery in a bastide next to the castle, some of whose productions are in the museum. He surrounded himself with artists, researched engravings that could serve as m
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Château, hôtel urbain, palais, manoir, Monument historique
Musée des Faïences, conseil général de Vaucluse
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