industrial site | LODEVE
The 'Manufacture Nationale de la Savonnerie' is a workshop that belongs to the 'French National Mobilier' (a service that belongs to the French Ministry of Culture and deals with restauration and building of heritage furniture). At the Savonnerie, beautiful rugs in 'hautes lices' (weaving) are made by hand in the same way as they were made 5 centuries ago. They are made for embassies, national monuments and for the French President's Elysée.The site comprises a rug exhibition gallery and the production workshop where the 'liciers' (weavers) can be seen making those amazingly complicated and beautiful rugs, including reproductions of contempary artists (Stéphane Bordarier, Julien Gardair, Annick Top...).
Causses and valleys
Centrale de Réservation Lodévois et Larzac
Communauté de Communes Lodévois et Larzac
1, place Francis Morand
34700 LODEVE
Annual closing :
Closed for visits on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays
Location : In the town centre, Causses and valleys
Documents in english : website
Prices
Groupes : min. 10 pers.
max. 60 pers.
Prices :
- Guided visit (group price) : groups from 80 €
Facilities / services
Facilities :
- Car park
- Coach parking
Services :
- Group rates: 80€ till 10 people, 140€ from 11 to 20 people, 175€ from 21 to 30 people, 300€ from 31 to 55 people (2 guides necessary). More than 55 people: on quote
- Guided visit in French and English
- Guided visits given by a guide approved by the Ministry of Culture
- Visits only on Thursday and Friday (10:30 am or 2 pm)
- School groups from 'Communauté de Communes Lodévois et Larzac': 20€ / group
- School groups outside 'Communauté de Communes Lodévois et Larzac': 30€ / group
Activities / products
average length of time : 1:15 hour
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