LANSYER MUSEUM HOUSE
House with an exceptional collection of Japanese art, original engravings ...Read more
GEORGE SAND'S HOUSE
House located in Nohant-Vic, with over 1,000 references on and by George ...Read more
GRAND MEAULNES SCHOOL
School with the school desks, the blackboards remained as in 1891, at the ...Read more
DESCARTES MUSEUM
Descartes Museum, presenting the social context, major discoveries and ...Read more
AUNT LEONIE'S HOUSE, MARCEL PROUST MUSEUM
Read moreIt was in this house that the young Marcel Proust spent his vacation, and here is the first pages of the search for Lost Time, corresponding to the first part of The Side of Swann. From the kitchen where Françoise lazlo in the bedroom of the future writer, passing through Aunt Léonie's bedroom, which made him taste a champagne soaked in tea, one foot here the life of Marcel Proust remembering famous episodes of research. The interiors restored from furniture that belonged to the family invite us to apprehend his universe and to understand his inspiration. It's not in Chartres, you will tell me. But it's only 25 kilometers away, or about minutes by car, or even better, one hour by bicycle. For you know that from the rue de la Taye à Leonardo at the house of Marcel Proust in Illiers-Combray, the road is set for the bikes, provided you pass through the D 149: on the segment most frequented by cars, a bicycle track follows the road in parallel, and then it is road roads that will make you discover small villages and a typically beautiful panorama…
AUNT LEONIE'S HOUSE - MARCEL PROUST MUSEUM
Read moreSwann, Aunt Léonie, "François le Champi"… if you are an amateur of French literature in general and Marcel Proust in particular, these names necessarily tell you something. And the spirit of these characters of the novel undoubtedly floats in the house of Illiers-Combray in which young Marcel Proust went through his vacation, his uncle and his aunt Jules and Elisabeth Amiot, and that it is possible to visit. The discovery begins with the garden, by the Orangerie then it is the visit of the house: kitchen, dining room, rooms, music room with piano… On the second floor, the attic of the house is devoted to a collection of black and white portraits of Paul Nadar, son of the Grand Nadar, representing all the personalities of the th century, most of whom were used to the Salon salon. Some probably inspired the characters of the Lost time Search. Finally, it should be noted that the "Tante Maison House" recently received the label of the Maison des Illustres.
THE TOMB OF THE DUKE OF SULLY AND HIS WIFE RACHEL DE COCHEFILET
Read moreIn 1624, Maximilian of Béthune, duke of Sully, became seigneur de Nogent. Before he dies, he wishes to be buried in the chapel of the Hotel-Dieu. Protestant, there was no access to his request. His grave therefore took place in the rotunda near the church. It was Alois Boudin who executed the statue the representative.
GEORGE SAND'S HOUSE - VILLA ALGIRA
George Sand's house, with memorabilia and objects that bear witness to her ...Read more
MAISON JEANNE-D'ARC
Half-timbered house with carved half-timbering dating from the 15th ...Read more
MAISON MAX ERNST
The painting studio and the storeroom host temporary exhibitions, ...Read more
LE GRAND COTEAU
House of composer Francis Poulenc, offering tours to discover the ...Read more