Lecture series at the museum: Great cities and famous monuments around the world

This new series explores the architecture of history's greatest cities and iconic monuments, from Mesopotamia to Japan and from Rome to Teotihuacan.

Sacred architecture, ancient wonders, visionary temples or modern structures: each intervention will reveal the cultural, technical and symbolic richness of these extraordinary places.

You’ll find here:

• 16/03 Pilgrimage in the Middle Ages, around Mont-Saint-Michel and Rocamadour

Christophe Balagna

• 23/03 The great cities of the Andes: Pachacamac, Cahuachi, Cuzco and Machu Picchu

Fabien Ferrer-Joly

• 30/03 Teotihuacan and Tenochtitlan, great cities of Mesoamerica

Fabien Ferrer-Joly

• 04/05 The city of winged bulls: Khorsabad

Amélie Roptin-Neyron

• 11/05 Sanjusangendo, the temple of a thousand statues

Anita Henry

• 18/05 The largest Buddha in the world: Ushiku, an architectural feat

Anita Henry

• 01/06 Closing conference: The seven wonders of the world

Amélie Roptin-Neyron

• 08/06 Monumental Rome, from the Pantheon to the Coliseum

Amélie Roptin-Neyron

• 15/06 The Gothic in majesty from Notre-Dame de Paris to Saint-Pierre de Beauvais

Christophe Balagna

Stakeholders :
Fabien Ferrer-Joly: curator of the Museum of the Americas—Auch
Maël Leroyer: tour guide
Christophe Balagna: lecturer in medieval art history and research professor
Amélie Roptin-Neyron: tour guide specializing in Egypt and ancient periods
Anita Henry: tour guide specializing in Japan