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  • Montmartre is on a hill and the streets are cobblestones. Please wear comfortable shoes.
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  • Please note this tour requires a reasonable amount of walking. Please wear comfortable shoes!
  • Please note this tour requires a reasonable amount of walking. Montmatre is on a hill and many of the streets are cobblestones. Please wear comfortable shoes!
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  • discover fascinating details of the death of this misunderstood genius., enjoy a dramatized walk through the town of auvers-sur-oise, see the van gogh landmarks : the church, the auberge ravoux, the maison du docteur gauchet, visit van gogh's tomb and and learn of his close relationship with his brother theo, walk in van gogh's footsteps and see first hand the inspirations of the great painter
  • enjoy a dramatized walk through the town of auvers-sur-oise
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  • enjoy a dramatized walk through the town of auvers-sur-oise
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  • Located about thirty kilometers from Paris, discover the village of Auvers-sur-Oise, which was the final refuge of Vincent Van Gogh, a misunderstood genius who revolutionized the history of painting. Accompanied by Vincent Van Gogh himself, you will relive with emotions the painter's last days there. Van Gogh settled in on May 20, 1890, at the Ravoux inn, and for 70 days, alternating between hope and anguish, he "threw himself into work" to forget his dark melancholy and not succumb to "his ailment." It was during this time that 74 paintings and drawings were born from this fervor for life. Among them, many masterpieces.
  • Vincent will lead you into his unique pictorial imagination through the analysis of one of his masterpieces: the Church of Auvers-sur-Oise (now the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption). It is through this artistic gateway that you will delve into the mystery of Van Gogh. This mystery will gradually unfold as you stroll through Auvers-sur-Oise, where you will rediscover the streets, landscapes, and iconic locations that inspired Van Gogh's final works.
  • Vincent will invite you to pause in the park that bears his name today, where several sculptures in his likeness stand, posthumous tributes from the sculptor Zadkine. Vincent will revisit the highlights of his life through the description of nine crucial dates that shaped his destiny and inspired his works. 
  • The Auberge Ravoux will be the next stop on your stroll. This artists' café will prove to be an emotionally charged place. It is here that Van Gogh stayed in Auvers-sur-Oise; it is also here that he died, in a modest room. Van Gogh will then present to you the last portrait he painted: that of Adeline Ravoux, daughter of the innkeeper.
  • What ailment afflicted Van Gogh? You will attempt to answer this question in front of Dr. Gachet's house, a specialist in "melancholy." You will be transported with horror at the mention of the various "treatments" inflicted on psychiatric patients in the 19th century, of which Van Gogh embodies the failure.
  • Finally, your journey to Auvers-sur-Oise will conclude with emotion around Van Gogh's death. Who killed Vincent Van Gogh? Himself, society, something else? You will find elements of an answer by discovering his last painting: Wheat Field with Crows. It is facing the wheat field that inspired the painting that you will hear the last letter he wrote to his dear brother Theo. Your journey ends at the cemetery of Auvers-sur-Oise, a place of contemplation, where the two brothers rest in peace, forever united under a bed of ivy.
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  • see for yourself why montmartre’s bohemian past survives and thrives into the present
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  • Tour with an Actor-Guide: The Revolution and the End of Lyon - Clone
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  • Your journey will begin at Place Bellecour, where André-Marie Ampère will inform you of the terrible sentence decreed by the National Convention of Paris: "Lyon made war on liberty, Lyon exists no more. The name of Lyon will be erased from the list of cities of the Republic." And this destruction will commence at Place Bellecour, renamed "Place de la Fédération."
  • How did we arrive at such a situation? By stopping in front of the Saint-Nizier church, Ampère will explain to you the complex situation of Lyon during the French Revolution. With clarity and vehemence, he will share his perspective on the fierce struggle between the Montagnards and the Girondins, on their fatal division, and on the consequences of this division, which led the National Convention of Paris to consider Lyon as a counter-revolutionary city. You will discover how Paris sent terrible emissaries against Lyon, Couthon and then Fouché, who repressed and massacred its population.
  • Imagine the sound of the guillotine tirelessly operated at Place des Terreaux, where many innocents, including Judge Ampère himself, will fall victim to the excesses of the revolutionary repression. On this square, you will retry the trial of the National Convention of Paris, where you will be led to distinguish on one side the historical truth and on the other, the passions that still surround this tragic episode in the history of the city of Lyon. 
  • Finally, you will discover a gallery of colorful historical figures, starting with Marie-Joseph Chalier, Lyon's "exaggerated" revolutionary, who aspired to be "the Christ of the Revolution." His execution sparked the siege of Lyon by the troops of the National Convention. Ampère will thus lead you to discover the house of the "Grand Tambour," where Chalier lived. You will conclude your visit in the astonishing Chapel of Sainte-Croix where the mysterious Crypt of Brotteaux is located, an ossuary erected in homage to the innocent victims of Lyon.
Summary
  • Relive the final days of Vincent Van Gogh's life through a theatrical stroll, meandering through the streets and monuments of Auvers-sur-Oise with a professional actor-guide.
  • Discover the history of the Siege of Lyon in 1793 through a theatrical stroll in the city's historic streets, and let yourself be told this bloody episode of the French Revolution in the company of the famous mathematician André-Marie Ampère, whose father was guillotined by the revolutionaries.
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