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MUSÉE DES BEAUX-ARTS ET D'ARCHEOLOGIE (MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS AND ARCHAEOLOGY)
Place de Miremont
38200 Vienne
Tel.: +33 (0) 4 74 85 20 35
Opening hours
From 2/11 to 31/03:
- Tuesday to Friday
From 9:30 to 12:30 and from 2:00 to 5:00
- Saturdays and Sundays 1:30 to 5:30
From 01/04 to 31/11: Tuesday to Sunday, from 9:30 to 1:00 and from 2:00 to 6:00
Closed: Mondays, 1st January, 1st May, 1st November, and 25th December.
Admission
Full price: €2.30
Reduced price: €1.70 for youths (18 to 25), large families (3 or more children), groups of 10 or more, etc.
Free:
The first Sunday of each month to all visitors, school groups and their supervisors, handicapped persons, youths under 18, unemployed persons and recipients of RMI benefits, special reductions (ICOM, museum curators, MH architects).
Sites and museum
Saint Pierre Church and Archaeological Museum
This church, originally dedicated to the apostles Peter and Paul, was built in the late 5th century in a cemetery occupying the ruins of a residential district within the Gallo-Roman ramparts. It is one of the oldest churches in France. It was used as a funeral basilica, and until the 12th century it housed the tombs of most of the bishops of Vienne, such as Mamert, its likely founder, who died around 475. In the 6th century, a first community of monks settled there, including the hermit Léonien who is thought to have been the abbot.
From the decor of the Carolingian church (9th century) there remain many fragments of the stone chancels which formed the enclosure separating the sanctuary for the clergy from the nave; some were re-used in the 12th century, and can still be seen on the bell tower porch above the ancient facade. They are decorated with geometric patterns.
A monument bearing witness to the history of Vienne and the Dauphiné
On 31 July 1343 in the refectory of the abbey, the first phase of negotiations took place for the sale and transfer of the Dauphiné to the King of France. A solemn oath ceremony gathered the Dauphin Humbert II, advisers to the King of France Philippe VI, prelates (including the Archbishop of Vienne), and lay lords of the Dauphiné.
But it was not until 1450 that the future king, Louis XI, still the dauphin at that time, established his sovereignty at Vienne by putting an end to the suzerainty of the Archbishop.
A remarkable monument and remarkable collections
Restored in the second half of the 19th century for Gallo-Roman archaeological collections to be presented there, the church has the rare privilege of preserving within its walls the architectural arrangements of the primitive basilica layout, in particular the blind arches placed on he walls and settling on the marble columns and capitals.
Since 1872 the church has housed some of the town's Gallo-Roman collections: mosaics, marble sculptures, funerary monuments, monumental architectural fragments, monumental inscriptions, and honour rolls.
