Grenoble : présentation
by Klod5
Grenoble, Grasanòbol in occitan language, (population 160,000) is a city in south-east France, situated at the foot of the Alps, at the confluence of the Drac into the Isère. It is the préfecture (capital) of the Isère département. Population of the metropolitan area (in French: aire urbaine) at the 1999 census was 514,559.
Grenoble is a major scientific center, especially in the fields of physics, computer science and applied mathematics. The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) and several laboratories of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), the Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (INRIA) and the Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique are located in Grenoble.
The presence of a large international community through both foreign students and foreign researchers has prompted the creation of an international school more than a decade ago: the CSI Europole. It is now one of France's better secondary education centers.
Grenoble is surrounded by mountains: to the north the Chartreuse, to the west the Vercors, and to the east the Belledonne range.
Grenoble is famous for its walnuts, for which it enjoys an appelation of controlled origin.
In 1968, Grenoble hosted the Winter Olympic Games. See 1968 Winter Olympics
Grenoble may be accessed by bus or train direct from Lyon Airport ( circa 1 hour).
Grenoble is also famous for its Italian quarter, the "Quartier Saint Laurent", and the many ski resorts surrounding it.
Musée de Grenoble, the entrance
by JLBG
The museum of Grenoble is one of the best in France outside Paris as it has a wide collection of both ancient and modern and contemporary art : Le Pérugin, Véronèse, Strozzi, Canaletto, Guardi, Rubens, Zurbaran... and also many French painters such as de Philippe de Champaigne, George de la Tour, Claude Lorrain, Simon Vouet.
The XIX° century is represented by Gauguin, Fantin Latour, Corot... The first half of the XX° century is the best part of the museum with "le célèbre intérieur aux aubergines" by Matisse, "l'intérieur blanc" from Bonnard, "Le Remorqueur" by Fernand Lager, "La Fenêtre" by Delaunay, "le songe d'une nuit d'été" by Chagall, "Le paysage à l'enfant" by Klee... There is also the best of surrealism: Magritte, Masson, Miro... et de l'art abstrait : Van Doesburg, Kupka, Arp, Bill, Gorin, Peri... and finally contemporary art, French (Morellet, Toroni, Lavier...) and foreign (Wesselman, Noland, Kellly,Lewitt...).
Open : every day from 10h to 18h30 (closed Tuesdays). Price : 4 euros
Closed 1st January, 1st May, 25 december.
You can view some of the most prominent paintings or visit the web site of the Musée de Grenoble 5, place de Lavalette - 38 000 Grenoble
Tél : 04.76.63.44.44.
Europole
by JLBG
This new district brings together in XXIth century buildings an international congress facility, underground parking facilities for 1,000 cars, numerous offices, apartments, the "École Supérieure de Commerce" (Trade High School, 17,000 m2) and the World Trade Center, both shown on this photo, the Europole Hotel with 2 restaurants and the new "Palais de Justice.
Musée de Grenoble
by Klod5
Le musée fut fondé en 1796 à partir des saisies révolutionnaires et des envois de l'Etat. Deux conservateurs ont joué un rôle de premier plan : Louis-Joseph Jay (1755-1836), qui travailla au musée de 1796 à 1815 et qui le mit en place ; Andry-Farcy, conservateur de 1919 à 1949, qui constitua la collection d'art moderne du musée.
Construit par Jean-Auguste Questel, le premier bâtiment frappait par l'harmonie de ses volumes et la clarté de son plan. Devant l'augmentation des collections, il est pourtant devenu trop exigu. La construction d'une nouvelle infrastructure était inévitable. Rénové par Olivier et Antoine Félix-Faure, Philippe Macary (architectes) et Lorenzo Piqueras (chargé de la muséographie), le musée fut inauguré en janvier 1994.
Continuité historique du XIVe siècle à nos jours avec les points forts suivants : peintures d'histoire des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles français, ensemble de quatre Zurbaran, Matisse et les fauves, abstraction et géométrie, art contemporain depuis 1945.
Thèmes des collections
Antiquités etrangères : Grecques et romaines, Egyptiennes
Art moderne et contemporain
Art religieux (Nombreux tableaux d'autels pour l'art ancien (voir Beaux-Arts), )
Arts décoratifs : Céramique, Mobilier
Beaux-Arts : Dessin, Estampe et Affiche, Peinture, Sculpture
Autres collections : Moulages
Bruleurs de loups
by Klod5
Le sport le plus à la mode à Grenoble et dans la région est probablement le hockey. C'est aussi le plus spécifique.
Grenoble est dotée d'une superbe patinoire (Pôle Sud), où l'équipe des Bruleurs de loups défends âprement les couleurs de la ville.
The most fashionable sport in Grenoble and in the region is probably the hockey. It is also the most specific.
Grenoble is endowed with a superb rink (Pole Sud - South Pole), where the team of Les bruleurs de Loups (the Burners of wolves) defends the colors of the city bitingly.
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July 2009 outside temperature
Chartreuse monastery - bottom view
Festival of Light in Lyon
Cable Car starting point.
