{"id":6240,"date":"2024-08-16T10:54:09","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T09:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/?p=6240"},"modified":"2026-01-11T19:36:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T18:36:12","slug":"a-poetic-walk-through-the-priory-of-saint-come-in-touraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/promenade-poetique-au-prieure-saint-come-en-touraine\/","title":{"rendered":"A poetic walk through the Prieur\u00e9 Saint-C\u00f4me in Touraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In La Riche, 3 km from Tours, St Cosme priory was founded in the 11th century to welcome pilgrims on their way to Santiago de Compostela. It was the home of Ronsard, prior from 1565 to 1585.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Prioress of St Cosme (Copyright Claudine Lasseur)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yMpT61wqzT8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>copyright C. Lasseur<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The logis du prieur, built in the mid-14th century, is a museum dedicated to Ronsard (1524-1585), the poet and his passion for botany, flowers and gardening. Ronsard had a bedroom, a reception room and a study, all of which have been decorated with Renaissance furniture. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Prieure_Saint_Cosme_chambre-de-RonsardRonsard_Stevens_Fremont_2024_2034-3-Copier.jpeg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"Prieur\u00e9 Saint-Cosme. Chambre de Ronsard. Stevens Fremont.\" data-rl_caption=\"Prieur\u00e9 Saint-Cosme. Chambre de Ronsard. Stevens Fremont.\" title=\"Saint-Cosme Priory. Ronsard&#039;s room. Stevens Fremont.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"673\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Prieure_Saint_Cosme_chambre-de-RonsardRonsard_Stevens_Fremont_2024_2034-3-Copier-1024x673.jpeg\" alt=\"Saint-Cosme Priory. Ronsard&#039;s room. Stevens Fremont.\" class=\"wp-image-6248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Prieure_Saint_Cosme_chambre-de-RonsardRonsard_Stevens_Fremont_2024_2034-3-Copier-1024x673.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Prieure_Saint_Cosme_chambre-de-RonsardRonsard_Stevens_Fremont_2024_2034-3-Copier-300x197.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Prieure_Saint_Cosme_chambre-de-RonsardRonsard_Stevens_Fremont_2024_2034-3-Copier-768x505.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Prieure_Saint_Cosme_chambre-de-RonsardRonsard_Stevens_Fremont_2024_2034-3-Copier-18x12.jpeg 18w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Prieure_Saint_Cosme_chambre-de-RonsardRonsard_Stevens_Fremont_2024_2034-3-Copier-600x395.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Prieure_Saint_Cosme_chambre-de-RonsardRonsard_Stevens_Fremont_2024_2034-3-Copier-36x24.jpeg 36w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Prieure_Saint_Cosme_chambre-de-RonsardRonsard_Stevens_Fremont_2024_2034-3-Copier.jpeg 1168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Saint-Cosme Priory. Ronsard's bedroom \u00a9 Stevens Fremont.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Visitors stop in front of large audio books placed on desks. You listen to excerpts of poems and music which, alas, are in modern French. We learn that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salvador-dali.org\/fr\/dali\/bio-dali\/\">Salvador Dali<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maison-matisse.com\/pages\/henri-matisse\">Henri Matisse<\/a> have illustrated \" <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espacefrancais.com\/pierre-de-ronsard-les-amours\/\">Les Amours<\/a> \"A collection of poems published in 1560.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9M.-Lasseur_Prieure-St_Cosme_refectoire5363-Copier.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"Prieur\u00e9 Saint-Cosme. Le r\u00e9fectoire des chanoines sert de lieu d&rsquo;exposition. \u00a9 M. Lasseur.\" data-rl_caption=\"Prieur\u00e9 Saint-Cosme. Le r\u00e9fectoire des chanoines sert de lieu d&#039;exposition. \u00a9 M. Lasseur.\" title=\"Saint-Cosme Priory. The canons&#039; refectory is used as an exhibition space. M. Lasseur.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9M.-Lasseur_Prieure-St_Cosme_refectoire5363-Copier.jpg\" alt=\"Saint-Cosme Priory. The canons&#039; refectory is used as an exhibition space. M. Lasseur.\" class=\"wp-image-6249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9M.-Lasseur_Prieure-St_Cosme_refectoire5363-Copier.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9M.-Lasseur_Prieure-St_Cosme_refectoire5363-Copier-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9M.-Lasseur_Prieure-St_Cosme_refectoire5363-Copier-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9M.-Lasseur_Prieure-St_Cosme_refectoire5363-Copier-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9M.-Lasseur_Prieure-St_Cosme_refectoire5363-Copier-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9M.-Lasseur_Prieure-St_Cosme_refectoire5363-Copier-32x24.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Saint-Cosme Priory. The canons' refectory is used as an exhibition space. M. Lasseur.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Of the buildings around the cloister, only the canons' refectory has 14 contemporary stained-glass windows, signed by the painter <a href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/zao-wou-ki-the-alleys-of-another-world\/\">Zao Wou-Ki  <\/a>(1920-2013). A painter who knew how to dialogue with poets, he had illustrated the poetry of <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ren%C3%A9_Char\">Ren\u00e9 Char<\/a> (1907-1988).<br><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Prieure_saint_cosme_vitrail-Zao-Wou-Ki\u00a9Leonard_de_serres-2-Copier.jpeg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"Prieur\u00e9 Saint-Cosme. Vitraux de Zao-Wou-Ki et et colonnettes romanes dans l&rsquo;abside du r\u00e9fectoire. \u00a9 Leonard de Serres\" data-rl_caption=\"Prieur\u00e9 Saint-Cosme. Vitraux de Zao-Wou-Ki et et colonnettes romanes dans l&#039;abside du r\u00e9fectoire. \u00a9 Leonard de Serres\" title=\"Saint-Cosme Priory. Stained glass windows by Zao-Wou-Ki and Romanesque columns in the refectory apse. Leonard de Serres\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Prieure_saint_cosme_vitrail-Zao-Wou-Ki\u00a9Leonard_de_serres-2-Copier-1024x624.jpeg\" alt=\"Saint-Cosme Priory. Stained glass windows by Zao-Wou-Ki and Romanesque columns in the refectory apse. Leonard de Serres.\" class=\"wp-image-6250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Prieure_saint_cosme_vitrail-Zao-Wou-Ki\u00a9Leonard_de_serres-2-Copier-1024x624.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Prieure_saint_cosme_vitrail-Zao-Wou-Ki\u00a9Leonard_de_serres-2-Copier-300x183.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Prieure_saint_cosme_vitrail-Zao-Wou-Ki\u00a9Leonard_de_serres-2-Copier-768x468.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Prieure_saint_cosme_vitrail-Zao-Wou-Ki\u00a9Leonard_de_serres-2-Copier-18x12.jpeg 18w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Prieure_saint_cosme_vitrail-Zao-Wou-Ki\u00a9Leonard_de_serres-2-Copier-600x366.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Prieure_saint_cosme_vitrail-Zao-Wou-Ki\u00a9Leonard_de_serres-2-Copier-36x22.jpeg 36w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Prieure_saint_cosme_vitrail-Zao-Wou-Ki\u00a9Leonard_de_serres-2-Copier.jpeg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">P<em>rieur\u00e9 Saint-Cosme. Stained glass windows by Zao-Wou-Ki and Romanesque columns in the refectory apse. Leonard de Serres<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The stained glass windows are very sober, created in Indian ink and made up of red, black and grey spots. They were inaugurated in July 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Court poet<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9Christophe-Raimbaud__Ronsard_Monuments_Prieure_St_Cosme_Expo_RonsART_000054-Copier.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-3\" data-rl_title=\"Portrait de Pierre de Ronsard. Copie d&rsquo;un dessin de Benjamin Foulon. Prieur\u00e9 Saint-Cosme. \u00a9 Christophe-Raimbaud.\" data-rl_caption=\"Portrait de Pierre de Ronsard. Copie d&#039;un dessin de Benjamin Foulon. Prieur\u00e9 Saint-Cosme. \u00a9 Christophe Raimbaud.\" title=\"Portrait of Pierre de Ronsard. Copy of a drawing by Benjamin Foulon. Saint-Cosme Priory. Christophe-Raimbaud.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"506\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9Christophe-Raimbaud__Ronsard_Monuments_Prieure_St_Cosme_Expo_RonsART_000054-Copier.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of Pierre de Ronsard. Copy of a drawing by Benjamin Foulon. Saint-Cosme Priory. Christophe-Raimbaud.\" class=\"wp-image-6245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9Christophe-Raimbaud__Ronsard_Monuments_Prieure_St_Cosme_Expo_RonsART_000054-Copier.jpg 506w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9Christophe-Raimbaud__Ronsard_Monuments_Prieure_St_Cosme_Expo_RonsART_000054-Copier-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9Christophe-Raimbaud__Ronsard_Monuments_Prieure_St_Cosme_Expo_RonsART_000054-Copier-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9Christophe-Raimbaud__Ronsard_Monuments_Prieure_St_Cosme_Expo_RonsART_000054-Copier-395x600.jpg 395w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9Christophe-Raimbaud__Ronsard_Monuments_Prieure_St_Cosme_Expo_RonsART_000054-Copier-16x24.jpg 16w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Portrait of Pierre de Ronsard. Copy of a drawing by Benjamin Foulon. Saint-Cosme Priory. Christophe Raimbaud.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In 1558, Ronsard was appointed official court poet, with the title of adviser and ordinary chaplain to the king. This removed all material concerns from him. A courtier, no doubt, since in the 16th century the official role of the poet to the kings was to sing their praises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With Joachim Du Bellay (1522-1560), he founded <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pl%C3%A9iade_(XVIe_si%C3%A8cle)\">la Pl\u00e9iade<\/a>a group of poets who wanted to promote the French language over Latin. In the main room, the \"Artisan des mots\" desk lets you hear the work they did to enrich the language.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9M.-Lasseur_Ronsard-et-du-Bellay_toile-de-F.-Lere-Copier.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-4\" data-rl_title=\"Tableau de Ronsard et du Bellay par Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric L\u00e8re. Exposition Ronsard : \u00ab\u00a01524, route des Am\u00e9riques \u00ab\u00a0, \u00e0 d\u00e9couvrir au manoir de la Possonni\u00e8re. \u00a9 M. Lasseur.\" data-rl_caption=\"Tableau de Ronsard et du Bellay par Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric L\u00e8re. Exposition Ronsard : &quot;1524, route des Am\u00e9riques &quot;, \u00e0 d\u00e9couvrir au manoir de la Possonni\u00e8re. \u00a9 M. Lasseur.\" title=\"Painting of Ronsard and du Bellay by Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric L\u00e8re. Ronsard exhibition: &quot;1524, route des Am\u00e9riques&quot;, at the Manoir de la Possonni\u00e8re. M. Lasseur.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9M.-Lasseur_Ronsard-et-du-Bellay_toile-de-F.-Lere-Copier.jpg\" alt=\"Painting of Ronsard and du Bellay by Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric L\u00e8re. Ronsard exhibition: &quot;1524, route des Am\u00e9riques&quot;, at the Manoir de la Possonni\u00e8re. M. Lasseur.\" class=\"wp-image-6253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9M.-Lasseur_Ronsard-et-du-Bellay_toile-de-F.-Lere-Copier.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9M.-Lasseur_Ronsard-et-du-Bellay_toile-de-F.-Lere-Copier-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9M.-Lasseur_Ronsard-et-du-Bellay_toile-de-F.-Lere-Copier-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9M.-Lasseur_Ronsard-et-du-Bellay_toile-de-F.-Lere-Copier-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9M.-Lasseur_Ronsard-et-du-Bellay_toile-de-F.-Lere-Copier-600x452.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9M.-Lasseur_Ronsard-et-du-Bellay_toile-de-F.-Lere-Copier-32x24.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Painting of Ronsard and du Bellay by <a href=\"https:\/\/fredericlere.com\/2.0\/\">Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric L\u00e8re<\/a>. Ronsard exhibition: \"1524, route to the Americas\", to be discovered at <a href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/in-touraine-in-the-footsteps-of-ronsard-the-chateau-of-la-possonniere\/\">Manoir de la Possonni\u00e8re<\/a>. M. Lasseur.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>It was a long time ago that he met Cassandre at a ball in Blois on 21 April 1545. The daughter of an Italian banker, she was 14 years old. Ronsard fell in love with her immediately, but he was already tonsured... and therefore unable to marry. He dedicated to her the collection \"Les amours de Cassandre\" (published in 1552) and the famous ode :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Sweetheart, let's go and see if the rose<br>Which this morning had hatched<br>Its purple dress in the sun,<br>A point perdu cette v\u00eapr\u00e9e<br>The folds of her crimson dress,<br>And her complexion the same as yours...\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Around 1580, he retired to Saint-Cosme. When he became commendatory prior. He fortified the site and welcomed Charles IX and Catherine de M\u00e9dicis there, far from the tumult of the court.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9C.-Lasseur_Prieure-St-Cosme2_1585-Copier.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-5\" data-rl_title=\"Prieur\u00e9 Saint-Cosme. Cette grande arche correspond \u00e0 l&rsquo;ancien croisillon droit du transept de l&rsquo;\u00e9glise du prieur\u00e9. \u00a9 C. Lasseur.\" data-rl_caption=\"Prieur\u00e9 Saint-Cosme. Cette grande arche correspond \u00e0 l&#039;ancien croisillon droit du transept de l&#039;\u00e9glise du prieur\u00e9. \u00a9 C. Lasseur.\" title=\"Saint-Cosme Priory. This large arch corresponds to the former right transept of the priory church \u00a9 C. Lasseur.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9C.-Lasseur_Prieure-St-Cosme2_1585-Copier.jpg\" alt=\"Saint-Cosme Priory. This large arch corresponds to the former right transept of the priory church \u00a9 C. Lasseur.\" class=\"wp-image-6242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9C.-Lasseur_Prieure-St-Cosme2_1585-Copier.jpg 576w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9C.-Lasseur_Prieure-St-Cosme2_1585-Copier-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9C.-Lasseur_Prieure-St-Cosme2_1585-Copier-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9C.-Lasseur_Prieure-St-Cosme2_1585-Copier-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9C.-Lasseur_Prieure-St-Cosme2_1585-Copier-18x24.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Saint-Cosme Priory. This large arch corresponds to the former right transept of the priory church \u00a9 C. Lasseur.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Saint-Cosme priory was located in an area that was cultivated to ensure the community's subsistence. The orchard, with its hundred or so trees (cherry, apple, apricot and peach), is the outpost of the gardens. Laurel trees, flowers, herbs and vegetables all smell delicious. It's likely that Ronsard grew his vegetables and fruit here. Artichokes, asparagus and cabbages were all fashionable at the time. The artichoke was such an exceptional delicacy - it was introduced to France by <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Catherine_de_M%C3%A9dicis\">Catherine de Medici<\/a> (1519-1589) - that it was a privilege to eat it. Ronsard gives it pride of place in this short sonnet: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Artichokes and salad<br>Asparagus and stingrays<br>And the Touraine pompons (1)<br>I'm more fond of herbs<br>Let the royal meats <br>Who help themselves to heaps<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/640px-Saint_Cosme_5246850364-Copier.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-6\" data-rl_title=\"Prieur\u00e9 Saint-Cosme vu d&rsquo;un des jardins. Jolivet.\" data-rl_caption=\"Prieur\u00e9 Saint-Cosme vu d&#039;un des jardins. Jolivet.\" title=\"Saint-Cosme Priory seen from one of the gardens. Jolivet.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/640px-Saint_Cosme_5246850364-Copier-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"Saint-Cosme Priory seen from one of the gardens. Jolivet.\" class=\"wp-image-6261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/640px-Saint_Cosme_5246850364-Copier-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/640px-Saint_Cosme_5246850364-Copier-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/640px-Saint_Cosme_5246850364-Copier-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/640px-Saint_Cosme_5246850364-Copier-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/640px-Saint_Cosme_5246850364-Copier-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/640px-Saint_Cosme_5246850364-Copier-36x24.jpg 36w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/640px-Saint_Cosme_5246850364-Copier.jpg 1154w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Saint-Cosme Priory seen from one of the gardens. \u00a9 Jolivet.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><br>Today, 9 \"remarkable gardens\" covering 2 hectares, with 200 varieties of roses, pay tribute to the poet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the Priory was wide open to the landscape, the space in the prior's dwelling is enclosed. Visible from Ronsard's study, the kitchen garden is exotic, with beautiful plants from far away, old-fashioned vegetables (arroche, chicory, perry), fresh herbs and aromatic plants.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9M.-Lasseur_tombe-Ronsard2-Copier.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-7\" data-rl_title=\"Prieur\u00e9 Saint-Cosme. Tombe de Ronsard. Il repose d\u00e9sormais sous cette nouvelle dalle fun\u00e9raire, au milieu des ruines et de la v\u00e9g\u00e9tation. \u00a9 M. Lasseur.\" data-rl_caption=\"Prieur\u00e9 Saint-Cosme. Tombe de Ronsard. Il repose d\u00e9sormais sous cette nouvelle dalle fun\u00e9raire, au milieu des ruines et de la v\u00e9g\u00e9tation. \u00a9 M. Lasseur.\" title=\"Saint-Cosme Priory. Ronsard&#039;s tomb. He is now laid to rest under this new tombstone, surrounded by ruins and vegetation. M. Lasseur.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9M.-Lasseur_tombe-Ronsard2-Copier.jpg\" alt=\"Saint-Cosme Priory. Ronsard&#039;s tomb. He is now laid to rest under this new tombstone, surrounded by ruins and vegetation. M. Lasseur.\" class=\"wp-image-6255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9M.-Lasseur_tombe-Ronsard2-Copier.jpg 576w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9M.-Lasseur_tombe-Ronsard2-Copier-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9M.-Lasseur_tombe-Ronsard2-Copier-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9M.-Lasseur_tombe-Ronsard2-Copier-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9M.-Lasseur_tombe-Ronsard2-Copier-18x24.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Saint-Cosme Priory. Ronsard's tomb. He is now laid to rest under this new tombstone, surrounded by ruins and vegetation. M. Lasseur.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ronsard died at the priory on 27 December 1585, aged 61, and was buried in the old church, of which only the Gothic arch and Romanesque capitals remain. Ronsard's tomb was discovered by chance by workmen in the choir in 1933. He now lies under a new tombstone, surrounded by vegetation. The inscription on the tombstone reads:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Ronsard lies here, who was bold from childhood,<br>Turned the muses of France away from Helicon,<br>Following the sound of the lute and the features of Apollo.<br>But little was his muse worth against the goad<br>From death, which cruel in this tomb clasps him:<br>His soul belongs to God, his body to the earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prieure-ronsard.fr\">www.prieure-ronsard.fr<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How to find us :<\/strong><br>The priory is located in La Riche, near Tours. Accessible by bus (line 3A) or car from Tours city centre.<br>It is owned by the Indre-et-Loire Departmental Council.<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.touraine.fr\">www.touraine.fr<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1 - a variety of melon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Exhibition<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9M.-Lasseur_affiche-Copier.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-8\" data-rl_title=\"\u00a9M. Lasseur_affiche (Copier)\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\u00a9M. Lasseur_affiche (Copy)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9M.-Lasseur_affiche-Copier.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9M.-Lasseur_affiche-Copier.jpg 615w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9M.-Lasseur_affiche-Copier-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9M.-Lasseur_affiche-Copier-10x12.jpg 10w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9M.-Lasseur_affiche-Copier-480x600.jpg 480w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9M.-Lasseur_affiche-Copier-19x24.jpg 19w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>RonsART and the arts: from 22\/6 to 22\/9\/2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read more :<\/strong> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/in-touraine-in-the-footsteps-of-ronsard-the-chateau-of-la-possonniere\/\">In the Loire Valley, in the footsteps of Ronsard: the Ch\u00e2teau de la Possonni\u00e8re<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Text : <\/strong>Mich\u00e8le Lasseur<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In La Riche, 3 km from Tours, the priory of St Cosme was founded in the 11th century to welcome pilgrims on their way to Santiago de Compostela. 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