Le Cloître de la Psalette, a medieval cloister in Tours, Loire Valley
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ต.ค. 2024
- (Originally live-streamed on Facebook, 11.19.21)
Welcome to Tours.
Next to the mighty Saint Gatien cathedral, stands le Cloître de la Psalette, a magical cloister built through the 15th and 16th century, while Tours was a renowned center in the art of the "enluminure" (manuscript illumination.)
The cloister didn't fare well during the years that followed the French Revolution, yet this historic monument of France has been restored to (some) of its former glory.
Join me in Tours and let's travel back in time!
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Thank you for this informative tour. Seeing the architecture always draws me in and makes me want to be there asap.
Avec plaisir Patty. This was an impromptu tour i didn't have time to research. I am happy you enjoyed it.
Merci Véro, for adding on layers of “new” information and secret places each time you visit Cathédrale Saint-Gatien! Always enjoy your commentary, musings, and detail you capture (the carvings, the texture of stone, the light of day). Look forward to more exploration in 2022!
Thank you! More explorations headed your way in 2022 indeed. Happy New Year!
Vero: What a great way to start MY day! I have traveled to Tours in the past! Thank you for your commentary at this Cathedral. Loved the details of the bats and apple vines on the columns. Thank God for all the builders, restorers, and cleaning crews that keep this place alive and transcending all time so we can enjoy it so many centuries from its inception. These buildings are such masterpieces. Vero: Don't know if you are familiar with the author David McCullough in the U.S., but I just finished reading his book, "The Greater Journey." He describes so many Americans who went to Paris from 1830 to 1900 to learn from the BEST of the medical professions as well as the writers, sculptors, and artists who LEARNED how to DO their professions from the French and bring that knowledge back to our country. It is a great read and something you might be able to incorporate into your tour information. THANK YOU for all that you do!!!
Thank you Jeanie. Happy you enjoyed this very impromptu Tours... in Tours. :-) I do know David McCullough but haven't read "The Greater Journey." I hear it is indeed a great book! It's interesting you should point this out. I was just reading an interesting piece the other day about all the Italian artists who came to France as early as the late 15th century (and of course during the Renaissance) to share skills with French artisans -- at the request of French kings. We can all learn from other cultures, certainly. Happy New Year!
Beautiful! I loved the close-ups of the bat and apple decorations on the pillars, it's hard to believe anyone could create them from stone. The lower rainspouts were so ancient, they looked more like wood than stone. You had the cloister all to yourself, thank you for sharing it. I imagine that a National Monuments card would be useful in every city and town in France, well worth getting one. With just one life to live, I often think it's a shame to live it anywhere other than France. So much beauty, ancient and modern, it makes for a healthy soul.
Thank you Greer. I do enjoy my card and will renew it this year. There seems to be interesting places to visit wherever I go in France and I get free entry with the card. Great investment for anyone interested in architecture and French heritage. :-) -- I agree about living in France. It's not perfect and there are challenges, especially when coming from another culture but I don't regret moving back three years ago (almost!) Bonne année!