Places of power, emblematic monuments of the nation, castles, rural heritage, more than 17,000 places will be open during the weekend, September 18 and 19, and should welcome nearly 12 million visitors across France.
What do they still have to tell us?
Why protect immovable heritage monuments while the content of our memories now resides in a virtual “cloud”?
What authority do these places built by others still hold?
Those who live in historic monuments answer these questions bluntly.
Better, they testify.
Aware of the constraint that these buildings represent, of the self-sacrifice they require, they also recognize the kind of calm they offer.
The yoke of History is light while immediacy oppresses.
Long time frees.
Around the old stones, peace and silence often reign.
The mystery floats.
Who lived here?
How did they do it?
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