The Château de Fénelon will be closed
until Thursday, June 9 inclusive.
until Thursday, June 9 inclusive.
For more than eight hundred years, this imposing monument with magnificent slate roofs has proudly dominated the Dordogne and Bouriane valleys.
From the feudal castrum of the year 1000 to the current fortress surrounded by a triple enclosure, the building is a brilliant testimony to the great hours of the history of France, in turn the last Cathar refuge in the region in the 13th century, a fortress besieged several times during the Hundred Years War, royalist bastion during the Wars of Religion and the Fronde, and forever
“temple of the spirit” with the birth within its walls, on August 6, 1651, of the illustrious writer Fénelon. His writings, including his masterpiece Les Aventures de Télémaque, still mark European consciousness and make him the precursor of the great philosophers of the 18th century and of his native home the cradle of the Age of Enlightenment.
For more than thirty years, the castle, still private and inhabited, has undergone a vast program of safeguarding and enhancement, rewarded with several official distinctions.
Today, the interior visit of the monument includes many rooms having regained their period furniture and illustrating several centuries of history of decorative arts and seigniorial life.
The artistic richness of the collections presented, associated with this substantial architectural, historical and literary heritage, reinforces the place of the Château de Fénelon among the major sites of Aquitaine and ensures its reputation as a “fortress of Arts and Letters”.
Discover the monumental sculptures of Manon & Alex on the esplanade of the Château de Fénelon. Out of the ordinary works in an exceptional place.
The castle barracks hosts the ACCORD INTEMPOREL exhibition from July 14 to September 15, 2024. Come and discover the aesthetic dialogue between four personalities:
-Armance de la Morinerie and its landscapes at the crossroads of nostalgia and imagination.
-Arman Tadevosyan and his paintings imbued with spirituality.
-Denis Mazet and his perpetual search for movement in the immobility of matter.
-Guillaume Chauvin and his pronounced taste for minimalist design through a selection of furniture from the 1950s-1960s.
In partnership with the Odehon gallery in Saint-Cyprien.
The visit gives you access to the exteriors and furnished interiors of the castle as well as to the exhibition on the writer Fénelon. The route is carried out by means of explanatory panels.
We offer translations in English, Spanish, Dutch, German, Italian.
Château de Fénelon, 982 route de Fénelon, 24370 Sainte-Mondane – +33 (0)5 53 29 81 45 – chateau.fenelon@orange.fr
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Currently at the Château de Fénelon, discover the monumental sculptures of Manon and Alex, as well as the ACCORD INTEMPOREL Exhibition in the castle barracks. Included with entry ticket.
