Six conferences for your diary in October 2008.
Sunday
5 September 2008
Architecture and spirituality in Anjou
Associative meetings organised by the
Département federation of learned societies, in the
Collégiale
Saint-Martin in
Angers
.
Thursday
2 October 2008
at
8.30pm
Prehistory of
territory: the movement of objects and prehistoric peoples
Flint
, the stone they made their tools
out of and a pillar of their traditions, is often the only thing
left which bears witness to the relationship that Man had with
His territory. The archaeologist Jérôme Primault
invites you to discover what made some groups of humans move
hundreds of kilometres.
Thursday
9 October 2008
Thursday
16 October 2008
at
8.30pm
The lower
Vienne
valley in the Gallo-roman period
Based on recent data, Jean-Philippe
Chimier, an archaeologist working with the I.N.R.A.P. (National
institute for preventative archaeology research) will show a
panorama of the different types of Gallo-roman remains in the
region (secondary towns, workshops, villas, temples, necropoles,
etc) and will explain their exceptional numbers along the
river
Vienne
.
Saturday
11 October 2008
at
3pm
Conference led
by M. GIRAUD, sponsored by the Saumurois Society of Letters,
Sciences and Arts.
Conference featuring a tasting, and
an exhibition of works of art depicting Bacchus, in the
Jardins
des Métamorphozes. You have the chance to attend the
dinner, by reservation only.
Sunday 19 October 2008
Conference at the Château de
Sully-sur-Loire.