{"id":46823,"date":"2026-07-30T20:41:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T20:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jevisitelyon.com\/que-faire-a-lyon\/maisons-castors-villeurbanne-ravivez-resistez-reimaginez-journees-du-patrimoine\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T20:42:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T20:42:57","slug":"castor-houses-villeurbanne-revive-resist-reimagine-heritage-days","status":"publish","type":"fever_event","link":"https:\/\/jevisitelyon.com\/en\/what-to-do-in-lyon\/castor-houses-villeurbanne-revive-resist-reimagine-heritage-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Beaver Houses of Villeurbanne: Revive, Resist, Reimagine \u2013 Heritage Days 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Delve into the history of the Castors houses and the workers&#039; utopia<\/h2>\n<p>On the occasion of the <strong>European Heritage Days 2026<\/strong>, THE <strong>Castor Houses of Villeurbanne<\/strong> open their doors for an event entitled <strong>\u00ab&quot;Revive, Resist, Reimagine&quot;\u00bb<\/strong>. This unique site, built between 1945 and 1955, is a testament to a social and architectural utopia: working-class families built their own houses on difficult terrain, marked by the old branches of the Rh\u00f4ne and a shallow water table.<\/p>\n<p>The event features an exhibition entitled <strong>\u00ab&quot;The pain of water is infinite.&quot;\u00bb<\/strong>, in conjunction with the Lyon Contemporary Art Biennale 2026. The artists <strong>J\u00e9r\u00f4me Dupr\u00e9 la Tour<\/strong> And <strong>\u00c9lodie Tranchant<\/strong> They occupy one of the houses to explore, through visual and video works, the theme of dreams and memory. Water, a central element of the place, runs through the exhibition as a symbol of fluidity between what happened and what could have been.<\/p>\n<p>An immersion in the history of self-construction and ordinary heritage, between collective memory and contemporary creation.<\/p>\n<h2>Practical information for the Castor Houses event<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Date :<\/strong> Sunday, September 20, 2026<br \/>\n<strong>Hourly :<\/strong> from 3pm to 7:30pm<br \/>\n<strong>Place :<\/strong> Maisons Castors, 12 rue Alfred Brinon, 69100 Villeurbanne<br \/>\n<strong>Price:<\/strong> Free - <strong>FREE ENTRANCE<\/strong> (subject to availability)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Public transport:<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2013 Metro A: Station <em>Skyscraper<\/em> Or <em>Flachet<\/em><br \/>\n\u2013 Buses C3, C11, C26: Stops nearby<\/p>\n<p><strong>Audience :<\/strong> Suitable for all audiences.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additional information:<\/strong><br \/>\nThis event is organized in conjunction with the <strong>Lyon Contemporary Art Biennial 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#039;t miss this unique opportunity to discover an ordinary heritage steeped in history, where social utopia meets contemporary artistic creation!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover the exhibition &quot;The pain of water is infinite&quot; at the Maisons Castors in Villeurbanne on Sunday, September 20, 2026, from 3 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. An immersion in worker utopia and contemporary art, in resonance with the Lyon Biennale.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":46824,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"fever_genre":[399],"fever_tag":[],"class_list":["post-46823","fever_event","type-fever_event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","fever_genre-journees-du-patrimoine-19-20-septembre-2026"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Maisons Castors de Villeurbanne : Ravivez, R\u00e9sistez, R\u00e9imaginez - Journ\u00e9es du Patrimoine 2026 - Je Visite Lyon<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jevisitelyon.com\/en\/what-to-do-in-lyon\/castor-houses-villeurbanne-revive-resist-reimagine-heritage-days\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Maisons Castors de Villeurbanne : Ravivez, R\u00e9sistez, R\u00e9imaginez - Journ\u00e9es du Patrimoine 2026 - Je Visite Lyon\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"D\u00e9couvrez l&#039;exposition La peine de l&#039;eau est infinie dans les Maisons Castors de Villeurbanne le dimanche 20 septembre 2026 de 15h \u00e0 19h30. 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