The house was inhabited by Marie Bon, her husband Armand Bon and their daughter Nadine from 1865 to 1878. Pierre Loti, again Julien Viaud, spent many stays there, described in Prime Jeunesse.
The house located at 96, rue Nationale in Saint-Porchaire was inhabited by Marie Bon, her husband Armand Bon and their daughter Nadine from 1865 to 1878. Pierre Loti, again Julien Viaud, spent many stays there, described in Prime Jeunesse, including the text feeds the subject of the visit and serves as a basis for the evocation of this period.
The scenographic path unfolds in all the rooms on the ground floor: the entrance hall, the large living room, the dining room and the kitchen. Each of these rooms offers a thematic point of view: the hallway: the family / the large living room: the painting studio / the dining room: the meal on the return from La Roche-Courbon / the kitchen: the landscape.
Although inviting to travel through a bygone period, the visit of the house is combined with the present: a painting in progress, a family meal, a walk in the woods... The devices created offer the visitor a visual, sound, poetic, by engaging Loti's memories to superimpose them on the present moment, that of the visit.
2 km marked footpath (paying) linking the Maison Marie Bon to the caves of the Château du Bouil Bleu of the Château de la Roche-Courbon.
- Groups
of 10 10 people to
- Prices
Free for less than 10 years.
Group rate from 10 people.
Entrance per person from the house:
Individual visitors: €3/person if house visit only and €2/person if ticket with route (i.e. €11 instead of €12).
On presentation of a ticket for the visit to the Hèbre museum in Rochefort:
Visit to the house: €2
discovery trail “In the footsteps of Julien Viaud/Pierre Loti”: adult: €6.50/person instead of €9.
Child: same price: €6.50
Children:
From 10 to 16 years old: €1.50 with game booklet offered at the house and discovery game on the route (carried out as part of the PEAC with the association “les Petits Débrouillards”)
Family Pass:
2 adults + 2 children over 10 years old: €7 instead of €9 for house visit alone and €6 instead of €9 if route ticket
Group: from 10 people:
Free visit: €2.50
Guided tour: €5.50 (visit by reservation all year round).OpeningsFrom 22/06 to 22/09/2024
Open Tuesday from 15:30 p.m. to 18:30 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 13 p.m. and from 15:30 p.m. to 18:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 13 p.m. and from 15 p.m. to 18:30 p.m.
Closed on Mondays.Pet FriendlyNot disclosed
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