Pézenas
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Pézenas is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France.
A general view of Pézenas
The Poulain from Pézenas (visiting Steenvoorde, in northeast France, for the Festival of Giants in 2006)
Molière
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Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his stage name Molière, was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the great writers in the French language and world literature. His extant w
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…general renovation between 1899 and 1901. Subsequently, unchanged, it was used as a theatre until it closed in 1947. The building contains souvenirs of Molière. The property of the commune, the theatre has been classified since 1995 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture. Following more…
Portrait of Molière by Pierre Mignard (c. 1658)
Molière as Caesar in The Death of Pompey by Pierre Corneille, portrait by Nicolas Mignard
Illustration after Pierre Brissart for the printed text of L'Étourdi ou les Contretemps
Medallion depicting Molière, façade of the Théâtre-Français, Paris.