Pyrenean and Mediterranean Elne
Located at the c?ur of Pyrenees-Eastern, between sea and mountain (with 4km of the sea and with the foot of the Pyrenees), the city illibérienne profits from a single framework and a privileged environment. Place head of canton of 6500 inhabitants, Elne was in Antiquity on one of the only terrestrial passages possible between the Iberian world and the Mediterranean gaule.
Its brisk market is the reflection of a thousand-year-old and still alive agricultural tradition. Vines, orchards and market gardenings make of Elne a ground of savours.
Top of sound oppidum, occupied since three millenium old meadows, elne dominates the plain of Roussillon from which it is the oldest city. Strong 26 centuries of uninterrupted existence, episcopal see of the Life at the XVIIe century, the city kept testimonys of this long history and successive civilizations which marked it: Roman vestiges, majestic cathedral, cloister and ramparts medieval.
The cathedral and the cloister, the museums of history and archaeology, the museum Etienne Terrus, the galleries and the craftsmen of art, the festival "Music in Romance Catalonia" testify to a long artistic tradition.
The Cloister and the Cathedral
Elne, capital ecclesiastical of Roussillon from 568 to 1602, in kept a splendid Romance cathedral of Xe century as well as a veined white marble cloister of blue built of XIIe in XIVe century.
Thus this cloister presents all the evolution of the medieval sculpture roussillonnaise and invites us to discover two times, two styles, two sensitivities: the Novel and Gothic.
Museum of history:
Located in the chapter houses of the cloister, it testifies to the local history. Liturgical cupboard of XIVe century, coming from the cathedral Sainte-Eulalie and Sainte-Julie.
Museum of Archaeology:
Located in the cloister (SAINT LAURENT Vault), it presents archaeological furniture (objects, ceramics, etc…) which comes from many excavations led on the territory of the commune, and which reflects the history of Elne, for the Neolithic time until the Middle Ages
THE CLOITRE ACCOMODATES YOU TOUS.LES.JOURS:
In April and May, of 9h30 with 17h45
In June, July, August and September of 9h30 with 18h45
In October, of 9h30 with 12h15 and 14h00 with 16h45
From November to Mars, of 9h30 with 11h45 and 14h with 16h45
Closed on December 25, January 1 and May 1.
Guided tours of the cloister and the cathedral from July to Visites September with 11h00 and 17h00 (of Monday at Saturday) with additional visits with 15h30 (Tuesday and Thursday), Sundays, visits with 10h, 15h30 and 17h
To get information the remainder of the year on the spot.
Duration: 1h - Carpark in the vicinity
Information and Reservations with: 04.68.22.70.90
Cultural Sites:
* Archaeological vestiges * Cathedral of XIe century * Cloister of XIIe in XIVe century * Museum of history * Museum of local archaeology * Museum Terrus (Illibérien painter
1 Hotel with restaurant. 1 Camp-site. Lodgings rural.
Opening of the Cloister and the Museums
April and May: tous.les.jours of 9h30 with 18h without interruption
from June to September: tous.les.jours of 9h30 with 19h without inter.
October: tous.les.jours of 9h30 with 12h and 14h with 18h
from November to March: tous.les.jours of 9h30 with 12h and 14h with 17h
Guided tours of the Cloister, the Cathedral, the Ramparts
and of the Doors of the City: Wednesday and Thursday
