HOUSE ELSA TRIOLET-ARAGON
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Home to writers Louis Aragon and Elsa Triolet. A place of memory for this mythical couple, who wrote many beautiful pages here.
In 1951, Louis Aragon (poet, novelist, journalist) decided to offer Elsa Triolet (novelist, translator, designer) "this little corner of France": the Moulin de Villeneuve, now a museum and Maison des Illustres. The building is an old mill that was established here in the early 13th century. Vestiges of the milling activity remain: the wheel cage is at the heart of the large salon, which itself backs onto the millstream. This mythical couple, who met at La Coupole in the surrealist Montparnasse of 1928, were responsible for the design and decoration of the place. The Rémarde river meanders through the 6-hectare park, dominated by the white stone of their tomb. It was here that some of the finest pages of French literature were written. Aragon bequeathed a library of 30,000 works to the CNRS, which can be consulted by researchers and students alike. It's also a place of emotion: since June 16, 1970, when Elsa's heart stopped in the park's alleys, nothing has changed. Time has been suspended by the calendar block set to the 16th, or by the poet's mauve tie thrown over his books. Painters, sculptors, poets and novelists continue to meet here, and contemporary art exhibitions and events on literature and poetry are held throughout the year. The couple's apartment can only be visited with a guide.
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