Guided tour of the André Chénier college, Roux d’Alzonne hotel Collège André Chénier – Roux d’Alzonne Hotel Carcassonne, Saturday September 21, 2024.
Guided tour of the André Chénier college, Roux d’Alzonne hotel Saturday September 21, 10 a.m., 11 a.m., 2 p.m., 3 p.m., 4 p.m. André Chénier college – Roux d’Alzonne hotel Free. Without reservation.
Start and end dates and times (year – month – day – hour):
Start: 2024-09-21T10:00:00+02:00 – 2024-09-21T11:00:00+02:00
Fin: 2024-09-21T16:00:00+02:00 – 2024-09-21T17:00:00+02:00
Volunteer students from the André Chénier college provide a guided tour of their establishment, a former mansion from the 16th – 18th centuries, having belonged to a family of the ancient nobility of the robe: the Roux d’Alzonne, marquis de Puivert. Some visits are given in foreign languages by students from the Bilguegue classes.
Two exhibitions will be freely accessible: “The history of the first secular college for young girls in Aude” and “The photo album of the college since 1889”.
André Chénier College – Hôtel Roux d’Alzonne 75 rue de Verdun, 11000 Carcassonne Carcassonne 11000 Aude Occitanie The oldest educational establishment in the city, open within the same walls since the start of the 1880 school year, the Hôtel Roux d’Alzonne hosted the first secular girls’ college in the Aude department between 1904 and 1916.
Former private mansion that belonged to a family of the nobility of the robe and where several figures from the history of France stayed, including King Louis XIV. A guided tour by the students of the college (in French, Spanish and English) will allow you to discover the facades on the courtyard, a monumental staircase in cut stone, lounges decorated with plasterwork and old woodwork, fireplaces in marble marquetry… These elements date mainly from the 17th and 18th centuries. In the heart of the Bastide Saint-Louis district, park on Boulevard Jean Jaurès.
Volunteer students from the André Chénier college provide a guided tour of their establishment, a former mansion from the 16th – 18th centuries, having belonged to a family of the old nobility…
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