Lamartine 
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Alphonse de Lamartine was born in Mâcon in 1790 and spent his childhood in Milly. The first love of his youth, Elvira, triggered off his vocation for writing. Throughout his life, Lamartine led a simultaneous outstanding career in writing and in politics.
He retired from politics in 1849, in debt and spent the rest of his life in the region of Mâcon, where he was born. He died in Paris in 1869 and is buried in Saint Point. His main works include Jocelyn, The Fall of an Angel, Graziella and Histoire des Girondins.
" Montagnes que voilait le brouillard de l'automne,
Vallons que tapissait le givre du matin,
Saules dont l'émondeur effeuillait la couronne
Vieilles tours que le soir dorait dans le lointain…
Chaumières où du foyer étincelait la flamme ;
Toit que le pèlerin aimait à voir fumer,
Objets inanimés, avez-vous donc une âme
Qui s'attache à notre âme et la force d'aimer "
Milly ou la terre natale, 1826
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The Lamartine Route
50 km route in the heart of a region dear to Lamartine and which was for him an eternal source of inspiration. You will feel everywhere the presence of the poet’s enduring memory.
Download the route (in french only - pdf)
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Château de Pierreclos
Private historical monument located in a listed area (XIIth, XVth, XVIIth) dear to Lamartine. Romanesque church from the XVIIth century. Medieval kitchens, bakery, bread & wheat museum. Monumental spiral staircase. Guards' room. Two bedrooms: the XVIIth century bedroom of Pierreclos Earls and the bedroom of the famous Laurence de Jocelyn. The XIIth century magnificent vaulted cellars host the wine, vine and cooperage museum.
Reception rooms. Terrace gardens with panorama. Wine tasting and wines sale.
71960 Pierreclos
Phone: 33 (0)3 85 35 73 73
Fax: 33 (0)3 85 35 74 60
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Château Lamartine
This XIIth century castle was surrounded with a double battlements wall and protected the lands of Cluny abbots. Property of Lamartine’s family in 1802, it was modified by the poet in the Oxford style (Gothic “troubadour”). Many memories are kept in the private apartments: poet’s bedroom, study, dining room, living room and staircase. Landscaped park, hundred-year-old trees. Tomb of Lamartine. XVIth century church with XIVth century frescos.
Au Bourg 71520 Saint Point
Phone: 33 (0)3 85 50 50 30
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Lamartine Museum
In the town centre of Mâcon, the magnificent Hôtel Senecé receives documents about the life and works of the poet’s and statesman, as well as furniture, tapestries, paintings, works of art from the XVth and the XIXth century.
For children from 7 to 14 years old, the “break” Art combines rebus, hotchpotch and the “spot the odd one out” game, help them understand the “nature’s feeling in Alphonse de Lamartine” exhibition while playing.
41, rue Sigorgne 71000 Mâcon
Phone: 33 (0)3 85 38 81 18
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