"It's not a museum," says Paul Rondin, Director of the venue. "It's a cultural space, an international city about French language, French culture and the evolution of languages around the world. Which sounds like it might be rather dry - however, it's anything but."
The reason that the Cité is here goes back hundreds of years. It's all due to King Francois 1, who began building the castle in 1532 as it was close to the Forest of Retz. And, it was here that the King signed on August 25, 1539, which imposed the French language in official acts, replacing Latin.
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