Presentation of the exhibition "Projets et merveilles. Architecture and drawing at the Château de Pau, 1820-1920" by the exhibition curators.
The tour will focus on the intentions, if not the obsessions, of the men of art.
These high-profile architects imposed their views on the former feudal and then royal residence; their day-to-day experience and the life of the building sites they directed, lived and publicized is at the heart of the subject, whether they were acting for their own glory or for a certain conception of the memory and aesthetics of historic monuments.
The tour will focus on the intentions, if not the obsessions, of the men of art.
These high-profile architects imposed their views on the former feudal and then royal residence; their day-to-day experience and the life of the building sites they directed, lived and publicized is at the heart of the subject, whether they were acting for their own glory or for a certain conception of the memory and aesthetics of historic monuments.
