It is the weekend of 18-19 September and La journée du patrimoine - Heritage Day in France. Today all museums, cultural venues, old water mills, ancient chateaux, buildings, gardens -- anything that has any cultural or historical significance - will be open to the public to visit, enjoy and appreciate -- free of charge. These open days are a privileged opportunity for the French to visit their national heritage free of charge, not just historic monuments and buildings, churches and châteaux, but also private houses, banks, local courts, préfectures, law courts, town halls, chambers of commerce, etc., all sorts of buildings which are usually closed to the public or little visited by it have enjoyed growing success, reflecting the French people’s infatuation with their national treasures.
La journée du patrimoine was introduced in 1984 by the Minister of Culture of the day, Jack Lang and has enjoyed huge success in France.
Chateau Lalinde will not be open to the public today, but I will, as usual, be visiting a few interesting places and come give a report and share the photographs with my readers later!
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