L'Orangerie

[Helene Anderson]

I'm going to present to you an older building that's really valued by the community. The building is far from forgotten, it is well used by the commune who have spent a fair bit of money on it since they bought it in (or about) 1928. Well, it's called, L'Orangerie! So let's start with that, one interesting door with a nice surpise.

So, are there any oranges still there? Well, as luck would have it there was a broekn window in a door though the window was well above my height and I couldn't really see directly in so I lifted up the camera and trook a couple of shots, yes, there are still oranges in there!

 

[Helene Anderson]

By chance I found this place, in La Mothe St Héray. I just followed a sign and there I was before a most magnificent building
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Built by Nicolas Tillon, a master builder from Richlieu it was finished in 1634. At the time it was part of a château, though this was dismantled in the nineteenth century, being sold stone by stone in 1842.

The Orangerie nearly suffered the same fate but was classed as a historique monument in 1925 and purchased by the town three years later.

In 1997 an ambitious renovation project was undertaken to return the Orangerie to a form of splendour.

There is a small canal, river that goes along one side of the building so not so easy to get shots from that side.

It wasn't possible to photograph the gardens, all is pretty much shut up though the building is still used for various events. Some events being held in the long gallery.


Gosh, that was a bit embarrasing, they are working as I test them, hope it stays like that!

 

[Helene Anderson]

Part 2:

One end of the longest part of the building.

So, are there any oranges still there? Well, as luck would have it there was a broekn window in a door though the window was well above my height and I couldn't really see directly in so I lifted up the camera and trook a couple of shots, yes, there are still oranges in there!

Hope they are worth it - LOL! All alright this end any way. . . .

 

[Asher Kelman]

Hélène,.

This is another important element in an important study you're doing.

I'd love to also see the 100 year old photographs that first got you interested in these forgotten places. Tell us the story about how you came to see them?

Asher