Restoration of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame and Saint-Castor - Episode 2: The Western Facade

With an operating budget of nearly 3 million euros, 100% financed by the State, this exceptional restoration project mobilizes a large number of actors: the chief architect of historic monuments, eight specialized companies and INRAP (National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research).

This second year of intervention is devoted to the restoration of the western facade, whose sculpted frieze was completed in summer 2024. When the terrace is completed in 2025, the removal of the scaffolding will reveal this operation.

In this expectation, this immersive documentary will take you to the heart of the project to meet the actors: the chief architect of historic monuments Pascal Prunet, a representative of regional conservation of historical monuments, the Tollis sculpture restorers, the master glassmakers who restore the stained glass windows of the En verre contre tout company and the archaeologists of INRAP (National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research).
 

Restoration of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame and Saint-Castor - Episode 1: The bell tower

The regional directorate of cultural affairs has just produced the first episode of a video report on the restoration of the western massif of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame and Saint-Castor de Nîmes (Gard). This immersive report will take you to the heart of the project to meet the actors: the chief architect of historic monuments, Pascal Prunet, a representative of regional conservation of historical monuments, the stone-cutting masonry company Sele and the Campanist company Bodet.

The development of armagnac: Maison Dartigalongue a living heritage company

In Nogaro, in the Gers, the Dartigalongue family has been producing its exceptional spirits since 1838. This report will take you to the discovery of the secrets of making Armagnac and tells you about the epic of a house labeled "Living Heritage Company".

Gravity irrigation by béal in Lozère, an ancestral practice with a fragile heritage

In the heart of the Cévennes National Park, this report will take you back to a centuries-old beak (small irrigation canal). The opportunity to understand how these works work and their usefulness for the activity of the earth, as well as to evoke their fragility and the need to conserve them.

The heritage of XX^e century in Cerberus

Accompanied by Michèle François, in charge of documentary studies at the Drac, this report will make you travel through the village of Cerbère (Pyrénées-Orientales) which includes several remarkable achievements of the XX^e century. The opportunity to highlight buildings that are in need of recognition and often require adapted conservation plans to be preserved.

The restoration of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Rodez

In the heart of the former province of Rouergue, in the city of Rodez, stands a huge pink sandstone building, which has become the emblem of an entire territory: the Notre-Dame cathedral. The building is more than 700 years old and is currently undergoing a major restoration campaign.  At the foot of the imposing western massif, the report decrypts its architecture and tells the story of this extraordinary construction site.

The manufacture of exceptional carpets for the Mobilier national 

In Lodève, in the hinterland of Hérault, hides an extraordinary know-how. The annex of the Manufacture Nationale de la Savonnerie has been producing exceptional carpets for the Mobilier national for almost 60 years. The report takes us to the heart of the weaving workshop, on the traces of a colorful history!

European Heritage Days 18 and 19 September 2021

Back in pictures at the headquarters of the Drac Occitanie - Hotel de Grave Montpellier - to review some sequences of the programming of the JEP: know-how of companies of the Grouping of Historical Monuments Sèle and Thomas Vitraux (stone, glass) ; The Elements and Ekhô chamber orchestras on the steps of the Villarmois hotel. Guided tour of the site by the Historical Monuments Service of the Drac.