The name of the museum...
For me, this museum could have been called "the Museum of the sweetness of Angevine" since it is dedicated to the one who, without doubt, knew how to evoke it the best...
but, well, it seems that, in all things, an evocative and poetic appellation should give way to a more administrative and concrete denomination.
So it is indeed the "Musée Joachim du Bellay".
Shall we listen to it?
Happy who, like Ulysses, has made a beautiful journey,
Or like that one who conquers the fleece,
And then returned, full of use and reason,
Living between his parents for the rest of his life!
When, alas, will I see again from my little village
Smoking in the fireplace, and in what season
Will I ever see the fence of my poor house again?
Which is a province to me, and much more?
The more I enjoy the stay that my ancestors built,
That of the Roman palaces the bold front,
I like thin slate more than hard marble:
More my Gallic Dormouse than the Latin Tiber,
More my little Liré, than Mount Palatine,
And more than the sea air, the pain of Angevine.
Pleiades...
Imagine... those two rowdy students, those two friends, it's Bellay, and Ronsard!
Out of their friendship was born the Brigade, which later became the Pléiade, a group of poets to whom du Bellay gave a very important text: "Defence and illustration of the French language".
It is a question, neither more nor less, of creating masterpieces in French as good as the texts of the Latins and Greeks!
This corresponds exactly to the movement of the time, and to the will of Francis I who wanted to give French its letters of nobility.
The museum itself...
This museum is a journey... installed in a 16th century turret house, it is a unique interpretation site, and takes us on a journey from the banks of the Loire River to the splendours of Rome.
In four rooms, the historical context of the renaissance and all its abundant richness unfolds through the life and work of du Bellay.
Then, go for a stroll, dream, and remember, facing the landscape unchanged since the 16th century. And if you know how to keep your mouth shut, du Bellay will whisper a few verses in your ear...
Musée Joachim Du Bellay
1, rue Ronsard
Liré
49 530 Orée-d'Anjou
Tél. : 02 40 09 04 13
http://museejoachimdubellay.com/
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