In Dordogne, a commemorative plaque will be placed this Monday, November 23 on the holiday home of General de Gaulle.
The vast residence is nestled high up in the commune of Champagne Fontaine in the north of the Dordogne.
"
It was here that he spent all his teenage holidays with his brothers until he entered Saint-Cyr,"
explains Kléber Rossillon, ardent defender of heritage alongside Dominique Audrerie, president of the Historical and Archaeological Society of Périgord, Alain de la Ville, president of the Friends of La Ligérie association
.
He had many friends among the young people of the village and he spoke a perfect Perigord dialect.
We can say that it is here that he really discovered France and that his stays at the Ligerie strengthened his decision to defend his homeland.
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For Alain de la Ville,
“La Ligerie is important to promote the memory of Charles de Gaulle, both the man and his family, but also the Perigord resistance.
This commemorative plaque makes it possible to inscribe in stone and in the memory of Périgourdins these long stays of youth of General de Gaulle in Périgord and the affection which he kept all his life for our region. "
The property of La Ligérie was bought in 1900 by Henri de Gaulle, father of Charles de Gaulle.
He sold it around 1920 to Jacques Chaban-Delmas' mother.
He uses it to create his network of resistance fighters in Périgord with the help of the baker from Fontaine.
It now belongs to Odile de Vilmorin.
In Lille, the renovation work on Charles de Gaulle's birthplace has finally been completed.
Completely restored, it was to be inaugurated on Sunday 22 November, the anniversary of his birth.
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Containment obliges, this 19th century Lille bourgeois house will have to wait a little longer before revealing itself.
Acquired in 1872 by Charles' maternal grandfather, Jules Maillot, the house at 9, rue Princesse remained in the family until 1947. It was there that Charles was born, there he spent, as a child, a good part of his vacation, surrounded by his cousins Corbie.
Some told of the tin soldier games, their grandmother's harshness and piety, the play nicknamed the "
howl
" where children could play as they wished.
"The agitation of the world and the street did not cross the walls"
of the house, testifies Marie-Thérèse de Corbie.
20,000 visitors per year
The birthplace has been visited since 1983 - this is where Charles's cradle and christening robe are located.
But with its 20,000 visitors per year, the floors had finally given signs of fatigue.
The rooms in the noble months, including the bathroom or the kitchen, had also been condemned.
Thanks to the Heritage Foundation, the Drac and the Nord department, the entire structure has been consolidated, and the decorations have been reconstructed, for an amount of 2.9 million euros.
For example, traces of fifty wallpapers have been found, the oldest of which dated from the 18th century.
Wall textiles, stencils in the glass roof or painted decorations have been restored.
As for the less noble pieces, they were put back on the front of the stage.
This return to a "
more authentic
" house, both in its decoration and in its furnishings, will allow visitors to present the classic interior of a bourgeois house from the end of the 19th century.
And to maintain the Lille memory of the general.
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