This is one of the major cultural events of the new school year, the weekend dedicated to discovering heritage sites from Cayenne to Saint-Laurent. This 2024 edition offers a varied program that focuses in particular on maritime heritage, the history of brickyards at the Cayenne museum or a visit to the Saint-Maurice rum distillery or the courthouse in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni.
Two days to appreciate Guyanese heritage on September 21 and 22. The programme of this new edition of the European Heritage Days is diversified and will allow all those interested in the history of our region to discover or rediscover emblematic sites.
For example at Kourou, During the two days, guided tours of the Kalawachi Native American center located on the Route de l’Espace are planned. An opportunity to learn more about Native American art.
Saint-Laurent-du-Maroniin addition to the traditional visit to the relegation camp, offers a sensory tour of the city at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday. For walkers, a discovery of the Saint-Jean trail while fishing enthusiasts can, from 6:30 a.m., still on Saturday, participate in “the Pêche an tan lontan workshop in Saint-Laurent.”
In the municipality of Remire-Montjoly where the Maison des cultures et mémoires de Guyane is located, we will note the continuous screening of documents from the large sports collection throughout the weekend, the hosting of genealogy workshops and the screening every hour of the documentary film: “The rock paintings of Mamilihpan”.
Also discover between 9 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., the remains of the famous Windmill located in the heart of the city.
In Cayennethe programming of these heritage days between visits and exhibitions will allow you to discover the old Customs of Cayenne in the Old Port district. Visits organized during the day and at night. We will also remember the holding of a literary salon at the Félix Eboué house on Saturday at 5 p.m. The Laro Saint-Quentin district, where the former penitentiary of Guyana was located, also deserves special attention as does the photographic exhibition by Katia Clamaran “Regards sur la pêche” » in the annex of the Museum of Guyanese Cultures.