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MUSEUM OF SOLOGNE
The mill of the chapter
The mill of the Chapter constitutes the heart of the museum
of Sologne. During
your visit on 4 levels of exhibition, go to the discovery:
of a rich natural environment that is at the same time wild
and natural and that has an ignored history of an architecture
of wood and bricks and of an area where the modest locatures
coast the sumptuous castles of hunting .And go for the discovery
of the habits of the country of the rye and asparaguses as
well as the forgotten trades with the preserved traditions
of the vine growers and craftsmen of today in addition to
the secular culture: the chasse à courre and with shooting
and of a legendary know-how: poaching.
The mill of the City
The mill of the city presents the economy and the history
ofRomorantin-Lanthenay: Admire the Jacquard handloom, symbol
of old cloth manufactures replaced today by a floret of industry:
Matra-automobile. Plunge in the history of Romorantin, a medieval
city, and a stay of François the 1st, who imagined
to make of it a new city and a royal residence according to
plans' of Léonard de Vinci.

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