Pays de Voltaire House

François-Marie Arouet rose to fame at the age of 24 with his first play, Œdipe, under the pseudonym Voltaire. He owed most of his fame to tragedies, comedies, opera librettos and salon plays, all of which he was passionate about.

As author, actor and stage director, Voltaire often staged his own plays on memorable evenings. Entrusted to the entertainment entrepreneur Saint-Géran, the Comédie quickly collapsed on the death of its founder, preluding a profound disaffection for a singular dramaturgy that was only rediscovered at the end of the 20th century.

The Maison du Pays de Voltaire today:
Today, it houses the commune’s cultural and events center.

You’ll also find the Atelier du Livre, a museum dedicated to the history of letterpress printing, featuring a reconstructed 18th-century press and antique presses from the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as a typographic area with printing type.