Tourist guide - Office de Tourisme de Villeneuve-sur-Yonne

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Cultural Center Jean Pierre PINCEMIN 3 rue Bertrand - Tél : 03 86 87 27 88 Mardi et samedi de 14h à 18h15 Mercredi et vendredi de 9h à 12h et de 14h à 17h The library Jorge SEMPRÙN In 2004 the city dedicated the public library to Mr. Jorge Semprun. This centre of culture and education has an important place in the lives of Villeneuvians. By naming its library after Semprun, the municipality wanted to pay tribute to this Spanish writer and politician, born 10 December 1923 in Madrid. In 1942 in France, Semprun was assigned to the Francs-Tireurs et Partisans (FTP), the Communist armed Resistance. Arrested by the Gestapo in 1943 between Villeneuve-sur-Yonne and Joigny, his false papers showed his name as Gerard Sorel, gardener in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne. Deported to the Buchenwald concentration camp, he returned to Paris in 1945. From 1953 to 1962, during the era of Francisco Franco, Semprún lived clandestinely in Spain working as an organizer for the exiled Communist Party of Spain, but was expelled from the party in 1964. After the death of Franco and change to a democratic government, he became a writer and screenwriter for two successive films by the Greek director Costa-Gavras, Z (1969) and The Confession (1970), which dealt with the theme of persecution by governments. For his work on Z, Semprun won an Oscar. Semprun served as Culture Minister of Spain from 1988 to 1991. In 1996, he became the first non-French author elected to the Académie Goncourt, which awards an annual literary prize. A small Napoleon III style theater was added during the 1880s to the second floor of the old town hall, itself built in1837 on the site of the former royal bailiwick. The Town Hall was transferred in 1978 to 99 rue Carnot. The cultural center plays a central role in local community life. In 2006 the building was officially named after Jean Pierre Pincemin in honor of the theorist and practitioner of the «Supports-surfaces” movement. You will find a fresco by Pincemin adorning the theater’s ceiling. Progressively restored and renovated, the Cultural Center Jean Pierre Pincemin is being transformed into a series of spaces devoted to theater, film, photography and other Villeneuve cultural events. It now houses the Tourist Office, as well as the town’s entertainment and cultural services.
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Page 5 and 6: Joigny Gate On the South gate of th
Page 7: Bonneville Tower The 13th Century T
Page 11 and 12: Photography Museum Discover the his
Page 13 and 14: Villeneuve-sur-Yonne canal basin wh
Page 15 and 16: Restaurants and cafés La Lucarne a

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