Here's an event that's sure to attract enthusiasts and the curious alike. It's the Journées du Patrimoine, a European cultural event that takes place every year in September, usually on the third weekend of the month. To take advantage of the 42nd edition, we've already set the dates for September 20 and 21, 2025: on this occasion, many monuments, museums, churches, castles and other places usually closed to the public will open their doors to you for a great program of free visits and original events.
Paris and the whole of the Île-de-France region are on board for this year's event! Yes, it's not just in the capital that we can enjoy the Journées du Patrimoine: the Paris region is full of heritage treasures that are still too little known. If you're in the Hauts-de-Seine region and would like to explore the heritage of the 92 region, why not stop off in the town of Châtillon? Châtillon has a wide range of activities on offer for the Journées du Patrimoine! Discover the detailed program below:
Journées du Patrimoine 2025 at Notre-Dame-du-Calvaire church in Châtillon
On the occasion of the European Heritage Days, discover the Church of Notre Dame du Calvaire on a family-friendly guided tour.
Visit on the theme "How the friendship between Jean-Pierre Laurens and Charles Péguy inspired the frescoes at Notre-Dame-du-Calvaire".
Free visit of St-Philippe-St-Jacques church.
A bookseller specializing in antiquarian books and a graduate of the École du Louvre and Museology, Valentine del Moral is also the author of the bibliophile column La Lorgnette numérique. Through Chez Zola. Si Médan m'était conté... (Fallois, 2015), she paints a stunning and unexpected portrait of the writer through his home. The writer Emile Zola was the man behind a literary movement - Naturalism - a work of art - Les Rougon-Macquart - and an affair - the Dreyfus Affair. He was also the man of a house: Médan! Valentine del Moral invites us into Zola's home. Through memories, objects and atmospheres, Médan reveals itself as a mirror of the man and his work.
A lively dive into Zola's intimacy, not to be missed!
Discover the Maison du Patrimoine. From the Belle Epoque in 1875 to modern art today... follow the guide!
La Folie Desmares in Châtillon celebrated its 320th anniversary on August 14. It was originally the home of Claude Balon, dancer to Kings Louis XIV and Louis XV. Come and discover all the secrets of this Folie, an icon of Châtillonnais heritage.
By Monique Barrier historian of the Association des Amis du Vieux Châtillon
Presentation of the two icons of Châtillon's Folie Desmares, Victoire-Thérèse Chupin and Charlotte Desmares" (1h)
By Monique Barrier, historian with the Association des Amis du Vieux Châtillon
Aurore Evain is artistic director of the La Subversive company. Her research and creations are devoted to highlighting our heritage. She is co-editor of anAnthology of Women's Theatre of the Ancien Régime, and initiated the first Journées du Matrimoine in France. Her productions of Le Favori by Mme de Villedieu, La Folle Enchère by Mme Ulrich, and the tragedy Laodamie by Catherine Bernard are the first revivals of these plays created in the 17th century at the Comédie-Française. In 2024, she won the Prix Pandore and the Prix INfluencia for her essay Mary Sidney alias Shakespeare, published by Talents Hauts. With this lecture, Aurore Evain contributes to shedding light on theatrical heritage through the case of the first actresses and authors of European theater. By exploring the history of women theatre-makers, she evokes the mechanisms that led to their erasure, notably through language, as well as the contemporary issues involved in rediscovering their works. At the end of this journey through time, she returns to the literary mystery surrounding the identity of the author presumably hidden under the name "Shakespeare". The lecture will be followed by a book signing of Aurore Evain's latest book, Mary Sidney alias Shakespeare, with the Chimère bookshop.
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Heritage Days at the Maison des Arts de Châtillon
By Friends of the Maison des arts de Châtillon (Amac)
A guided tour of the architectural evolution of this landmark building.
Since the 15th century, the old winegrower's house has seen its appearance transformed over the years, becoming a wealthy residence before becoming the cultural center you know today.
It has undergone many changes, initiated by the different owners who have occupied it according to their tastes, fashions and eras. This is the path we invite you to discover.
Open to the public, on reservation
Heritage Days at the Maison des Enfants in Châtillon
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Heritage Days at the Max Pol Fouchet multimedia library in Châtillon
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Heritage Days at Châtillon's Parc André Malraux
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Heritage Days at the SNCF Atlantic Technicentre in Châtillon
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Heritage Days, Gambetta school courtyard, Châtillon
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Heritage Days at Square Jean Moulin in Châtillon
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Heritage Days at the Théâtre de Châtillon
- From 11 a.m. (last departure at 4 p.m.) Sound walk by Cie Kmk (1h15)
Elsewhere in... Châtillon. This tour invites you to discover places where we usually just pass by, combining them with excerpts from literary works and a sound creation.
Take the whole family on a behind-the-scenes tour of the Théâtre de Châtillon and the performing arts, punctuated by little games and big lessons!
They're known as the behind-the-scenes professions, but the time has come to shine a spotlight on them: the general stage manager of the Théâtre de Châtillon offers to share with you some of the secrets behind the jobs of stage managers and the technical equipment that make shows as real as they are magical.
Performance by author Sandrine Roche in tribute to Hortense Wild, a 19th-century composer from Châtillon.
This intimate and funny Arab-melancholy tale, a kind of live documentary concert, draws a sensitive cartography of the Middle East, starting with the Fairouz concert scheduled for July 13, 2006, one day after the start of the second Israeli-Lebanese war.
Heritage Days at the Auboin quarry winch in Châtillon
The opening of the Treuil, listed as a historic monument, is an opportunity for the people of Paris and Châtillonnais to discover the last horse-drawn Treuil de Carrière, and to immerse themselves in local history.
The only industrial vestige of 19th-century limestone quarrying in the Île-de-France region, it was used to bring up blocks of stone weighing between 4 and 8 tonnes from an underground quarry 35 m below ground.
It consists of two large stone piles on which rests a drum for winding the cable. The drum is driven by gears connected to a carousel on which a horse moves to pull up the blocks. It ceased operating at the beginning of the 20th century and was restored by the PICAR association, a member of Union REMPART.
Guided tour: history of building stone quarrying, extraction methods, demonstration of tools used, operation of the winch with a horse, history of the monument's restoration.
The opening of the Treuil, listed as a historic monument, is an opportunity for the people of Paris and Châtillonnais to discover the last horse-drawn Treuil de Carrière, and to immerse themselves in local history.
The opening of the Treuil, listed as a historic monument, is an opportunity for the people of Paris and Châtillonnais to discover the last horse-drawn Treuil de Carrière, and to immerse themselves in local history.
Heritage Days 2025 at the Léon Gambetta school in Châtillon
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Dates and Opening Time
From September 20, 2025 to September 21, 2025
Location
Châtillon
châtillon
92320 Chatillon
