CENTRE CULTUREL ANDRÉ MALRAUX

This set of important buildings testifies to a history that began in the th century by the construction of a convent intended for the Ladies of the Visitation. In the th century it will be transformed into a small seminar. 1905: the law of separation of the Church and the State will result in the receivership of the place. The town hall will demand these buildings, they will be awarded it in 1911. However, in 1908 the municipal administration will welcome in a building the patriots agenais in another les Pont et Shaven. The army will take advantage of the place to set up its neighbourhoods to stop a typhoid epidemic. In 1919, the fire brigade's body settled there. Indigent families will inhabit the other party. In 1963, firefighters moved. In the north wing the cultural centre begins to settle. It is only since 1970 that the cultural centre invests completely in the place by organising exhibitions, animations and by lending or renting some of its rooms to associations. The centre is open to 50 associations, there are 7 rented rooms. Some room names: Picasso, Gustave Boehm, Paul Marquet, Raymond Viani, J Ferles. With regard to the 2009 programming of the centre: December - January: " engravings "Balitran, Cambon, Dall'anèse, Ogaki, February-March" 1939, La, Republican hope ", April" True, False, copies of… "May-June" Seven capital sins ", June - July: " Agen, sound reflections " + 9 th amateur photo contest" The street and its hidden treasures ". Les Montreurs d'Images, the Association de Cinéma d'Art et d'Essai regularly offers projections. In 2009, "A Dam against the Pacific" was screened by Marguerite Duras.