The Low Countries Sculpture Society

"Romanesque and gothic sculpture in the Poitou and the Berry"

Annual Study Tour to discover or rediscover romanesque and gothic treasures
in well-known places and in less accessible or hidden ones between Poitiers
and Bourges

Monday 17 to Thursday 20 July 2006

Tour organiser and leader

Michel Maupoix, President of the "Association Rencontre avec le Patrimoine
religieux" and founder of the "Centre François Garnier, Centre d'études des
stalles et du patrimoine mobilier des églises", Châtillon-sur-Indre, is one
of the foremost specialists of the Poitou and Berry, having written many
articles, a guidebook (indicated below) and a monograph on medieval wall
paintings in the Indre department (2004). He is not only an art historian,
but also a specialist of French literature and Catholic theology.

Tour languages
French, but translations will be provided where necessary (e.g. in English,
German, Dutch...)

Tour participants
They will be limited to 12 to enable discussions in situ.

Programme

Monday 17 July 2006
(9h10-10h47 Paris Montparnasse 1&2 - Poitiers - recommended train
from Paris)
10h50 Meet at train station of Poitiers
Day at Poitiers. Highlights include the cathedral (Saint-Pierre),
Sainte-Radegonde and Notre-Dame la Grande. In the evening, travel to Le
Blanc and first night there

Tuesday 18 July 2006
Tour from and back to Le Blanc, including the abbey at Fontgombault and the
churches at Saint-Genou and Palluau-sur-Indre. Second night at Le Blanc.

Wednesday 19 July 2006
Tour from and back to Le Blanc, including Gargilesse, Châteaumeillant and
Nohant-Vic. Third and last night at Le Blanc.

Thursday 20 July 2006
Departure from Le Blanc towards Bourges, where we will spend the main part
of the day. Highlights include the cathedral, the Musée du Berry and the
Palais Jacques C¦ur
18h15 End of programme
(18h34-18h53 Bourges-Vierzon Ville / 19h03-20h37 Vierzon Ville-Paris
Austerlitz - recommended train back to Paris)

Programme as at 3 June 2006. The organisers reserve the right to make any
necessary changes.

A free illutrated guidebook co-authored by Michel Maupoix on "Art roman en
Berry" can be ordered online via
www.cyberindre.org/jahia/Jahia/portail/tourisme/pid/692 or via
tourismecyberindre.org.

Please request an application form from the Society:
infolowcountriessculpture.org
www.lowcountriessculpture.org
POBox 1304, B-1000 Brussels 1, Belgium

Closing date for applications: 15 June 2006.