Office de tourisme

Come with your school…

The tourist office of Monestiés proposes visits with accompanying notes for the school complexes


Adapted to the school program and the various cycles (sections, classes…), here the visits you have :

- The Bajen - Vega Museum
In a XVe century house of Master, the museum accommodates 120 paintings of a couple taken refuge political Spanish.
Serenity, image woman and sensual palette for Francisco Bajen, “the painter of silence”. Exaltation of the life and expressionism for Ms. Véga,”the ? of colours”.

Visit adapted to 2 levels :
- From 3 to 5 years old (cycle 1)
- From 5 to 8 years old (cycle 2)

The visit proceeds in 3 times :
- Time 1 : familiarisation with the museum
- Time 2 : work set by themes
- Time 3 : rally photographs and drawings

Visit primary and maternal :
- Cycle 1 : “The colour”
- Cycle 2 : “The colour” or “ forms and visual angles” (you have choice)

Chapel of St Jacques Classified Historic building, this group of twenty statues life size limestone - statues represents three scenes of the Passion of Christ. Dated from XVe century , this single work by its composition and its size announces the Rebirth by its modernity.

Visit primary : Cycle 3 : 8 to 11 years

Various points approached during the visit :
-  The iconography
-  The composition and characters
-  The observations stylistics : costumes, the movement, expressions…
-  Play of observation : rally photographs

Visit commented on village Discover the history and the mysteries of this medieval city. Narrow ways, vestiges of the old ramparts, bridge of XIIe century, half-timbered houses and residences of lords make the charm and the authenticity of this village classified among most beautiful of France.

Contents :
-  For the children : questionnaire, plan and vocabulary
-  For the teachers : teaching file

Objective : During ½ hour , the children leave in the village in autonomous small groups (under the monitoring of an adult). They must be located and in order to answer a questionnaire made up of questions with multiple choices, observations, call to knowledge… Once the filled out questionnaire, the groups are found and set out again accompanied by a guide for the corrections and go further into discovery by the village.

Visit primary : Cycle 3 : 8 to 11 years



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