"A scriptorium house" - Today, spurred on by the development of the activities of the Maison du Visiteur, the Présence à Vézelay association is opening a new venue in the village.
INTRODUCTION
Scriptorium house
At the top of a hill in Burgundy, the former abbey church of Vézelay, converted into a Basilica in 1920, has stood between heaven and earth for 800 years. Phe focal point of the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela since the Middle Ages, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, it now attracts a million visitors a year. Art and history lovers, pilgrims, tourists and visitors from all over the world looking to recharge their batteries or find meaning in their lives climb the hill to discover this masterpiece of Romanesque art. Religious, spiritual and cultural tourism is booming these days, and is even proving resilient in times of crisis.
For Présence à Vézelay has been welcoming has been welcoming people people of all ages and backgrounds to the Maison the Visitor's House to give them the reading keys they need to understand the understanding of the Romanesque world. And now, driven by the development of its activities, it is acquiring a new to create a "scriptorium*" in the village.
*Workshop in monasteries where copyists worked; p. ext., a school of scribes or illuminators that was found in various centres in the Middle Ages and the Romanesque period in various ecclesiastical or secular centres ecclesiastical or secular centres (royal or imperial scriptoria) (d'apr. Encyclop. univ. t. 20 1975, p. 1751).
THE THE VISITOR'S HOUSE
- 100,000 visitors since it opened, half of them schoolchildren and students
- They are preparing to visit the Basilica with theDiscovery workshop
- A third take part in the other activities on offer: historical walks, guided tours of the Basilica, chapel readings, eye workshops and visits to the Basilica during the solstices, film "The Dance of New Adam...
- 10,000 products home sold: DVDs, postcards, books
- 95 % excellent opinions
- Heritage training for around twenty young people
- A team of volunteers and two part-time employees
- An annual budget of around €60,000 and a cumulative result of €50,000
HOUSE AND SCRIPTORIUM HOUSE
The two sides of the same coin
Thanks to SCI l'OLifant's acquisition of a of a house rue Bonette, the Maison du Visiteur has a new home:
- of to feed the content of its visits
- of heritage mediation training
- of
creation of written and audio-visual artistic documents
- reception for "Hommes et Chemins et Chemins" meetings
These experiences have so far taken place at the Visitor's House. The Scriptorium House will enable them to develop by offering both :
- a space for silence and research containing texts, books, audio-visual documents relating to heritage, in particular the Romanesque world
- a
a room where people can work together
- a space to host the "Hommes et Chemins et Chemins" meetings as well as workshops where guides in training can develop their skills of expression their ability to express themselves, to relate to and be present public
- a accommodation (3 rooms maximum) for trainees and visiting researchers guests
- a dining room and living room, a kitchen, a dining room and a dining room.
- a accommodation for the permanent guides at the Visitor Centre
OPPORTUNITY OF THE PROJECT
When the 12th century speaks to the 21st century
Roman Romanesque expresses a vision of the world capable of enlightening our societies in the changes they are facing. are facing.
1- Romanesque architecture reaches a peak of harmony which responds to every person's need to resource, soothe and unify their of every person.
2- The man novel does not live "above ground". The architecture and the play of light in the old abbey church bear witness to remarkable geometric, energetic and astronomical astronomical knowledge. Romanesque sculpture combines the plant animal and human worlds. These images and lights invite visitors to rediscover their rightful place in the universe.
3- The Romanesque images are mirrors of the human condition.
By the power of their symbols, they connect people to themselves, to each other and to the mystery within him. No idealisation, no condemnation: the human being is called upon to transform himself, and to redirect all their energies and passions towards a greater being. passions towards a greater being.
La Visitors' House : uvisit another approach to heritage
1- Primacy of human mediation
The choice of guides rather than audio guides dates back to the opening of the the House. We can see its relevance at a time when the proliferation technical means of communication are unable to overcome the human relations.
2- Go to du outside world to the inside world
The guide at the Maison du Visiteur is a ferryman from one shore to the other, from the world in front of you to the world within. Each visit is a privileged moment of recreation, the fruit of the relationship between the discoverer, the guide and the word of stone of stone.
3- Cultivating otherness
The is an inexhaustible source of inspiration for those who want to question their relationship to time, money, property, beauty and science. In this context, which is conducive to questions of meaning, the Hommes et Chemins offer an interdisciplinary, interreligious and intercultural crossroads, interreligious and intercultural in one- or two-day sessions.
THE ADVANTAGES OF THE RUE BONETTE HOUSE
The situation
The house is located in of Vézelay between the Basilica and the Maison du Visiteur. There are three Place Borot, Rue Saint-Pierre and Rue du Tripot.
The existing buildings
Il is immediately habitable subject to a few interior works (structural works to be carried out on the first floor bedrooms general insulation and heating with pellet stoves, the barn roof needs to be pellet stoves, the barn roof to be restored initially and work and other work). The team is giving itself a few months to define a longer-term master plan for the work. for the longer term.
355m² on four in good condition. This is a house with character (central stone staircase, spacious rooms, large vaulted room, terracotta tiled beamed ceilings). The façade overlooks a square, opposite the bell tower of the former Saint-Pierre church.
The possible extensions that will require structural work
From a vaulted 80 m² cellar, an adjoining barn of barn measuring 34 m², the main wall of which is 8 metres height.
SCHEDULE SCHEDULED
Visit 2020 initial development work
Spring : laying the foundations of the scriptorium upstairs (vaulted room and large room), initial fittings and gradual move in, various studies: thermal, mechanical, etc.
Summer : autumn: definition master plan, installation of auxiliary heaters, work on the roof structure
Cost 28,000€ Financing by donations
Deductions 2020 for donations to the Présence à Vézelay association
Tax
sur les Sociétés (IS) :
60% deductible, capped at 5% of sales or €10,000
for SMEs. Tax
impôt sur le revenu (IR) :
66% deductible, capped at 20% of taxable income. Tax
sur la Fortune Immobilière (IFI) : 75%
deductible, up to a maximum deduction of €50,000 (i.e. a maximum donation of
of €66,000). In this case, and from a donation of more than
1,000, a cheque made out to Fondation Scène et Cité - Fondation de
France
Regulations
By cheque made payable to Présence à Vézelay (or Maison du Visitor), by transfer to the account of Présence à Vézelay IBANFR13 2004 1010 0407 8714 8J02 583
THE ASSOCIATION PRESENCE À VÉZELAY and SCI l'Olifant
1979 The association Présence à Vézelay, a not-for-profit association, was set up at the bottom of the village village, 4 route de Clamecy, to promote the cultural and spiritual and spiritual heritage of Vézelay. To this end, it organises and leads tours of the village and the Basilica.
1990 The need for the need for a specific place to prepare the visitor for the discover the Basilica.
1994 The association acquires a second house in the heart of the village to house the set up the Maison du Visiteur, thanks to donations from members.
1996 The project receives the first prize from the Ford Foundation.
1998 The renovation work is subsidised by public partners (Europe, State, Region, Département) and private partners.
2002 Creation of SCI l'Olifant.
2003 On 25 March, the Maison du Visiteur was inaugurated by André Chouraqui in the presence of Khamliène Nhouyvanisviong, Unesco. Mr Khamliène Nhouyvanisviong, Unesco.
2012 The association transferred the Maison du Visiteur to SCI l'Olifant, of which it is the is the main partner.
2020 Visit 7 February, SCI l'Olifant acquired a house at 4 rue Bonette thanks to a private contribution and the sale of the house on route de Clamecy.
2021 - 2024 Planned implementation of the master plan, including structural work and conversion of the barn, vaulted cellar and attic.
Le Board of Directors
- Véronique Feugère, guide-interpreter from Burgundy, President
- Elisabeth Toulet, General Secretary
- Christopher Kelly, Treasurer
- Annick Lacroix, journalist
- Isabelle Schobinger, teacher
- Jean-Paul Doncoeur, retired engineer
- Louis Vincent, former regional councillor in Burgundy, retired farmer
- Bruno Lebecq, local authority civil servant, associate university professor
The permanent team
- Hélène Ramin, Ecole du Louvre
- Elisabeth Toulet, teacher, International Academy of Children's Theatre
- Christopher Kelly, Master of Arts Cambridge
- Jean-Noël André, Centrale Lille engineer
- Véronique Roche, reception and secretariat
This team is surrounded by experts in architecture, history, theology symbolism, iconography, visual arts, geobiology, astronomy...
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