Things to see and do Issoudun

The Hospice Saint-Roch Museum occupies the location of the former Hotel-Dieu founded in the XII century and rebuilds in the fifteenth century. This large and beautiful building comprises a chapel built at the end of the fifteenth century (beautiful Gothic tree), the rooms of the patients of the XII century and two wings of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. On more than 2,000 m ², there are four themes: ancient sculpture, pharmacy, extra-European arts, and contemporary creation. You will be able to admire the sculptures and objects gallo-roman, gallo-roman and merovingian, the paintings of xvie in the eighteenth century, the Clavecin hall of Jean Denis with its paintings of masters and furniture of the seventeenth century, or the collection of African and Oceanian arts of missionaries of the Sacred Heart. The nineteenth century pharmacy is also admirable with botanical collections, laboratory, tin pichets, beard dishes, and other mortars of the fifteenth century. Since 1995, an extension has been home to temporary exhibitions devoted to artists of our century (Fred Deux and Cécile Reims in particular). Beautiful collection of contemporary art. A very rich eclectic museum.

The tourist office in Issoudun has set up a course entitled The Keys of the city which allows you to discover or rediscover the city in seventeen emblematic sites. The visit begins with the oldest house in the city, which is no more than the location of the tourist office - practical! You will then pass through the Château district, the Saint-Jean district, passing through the different green areas of the city. To help you, a small dictionary of keywords in the city offers you the great names and specialities of Issoudun.

Tariff: free.

Duration: 1 p. m.

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