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    The world:

    When Voltaire led rehearsals in the attic, August 10, 2020

    "Le Monde offers a tour of France of stages for private use. Today, one of the oldest in France, in Cirey-sur-Blaise, in Champagne, where the philosopher of the Enlightenment created a room in 1736 "Italian with around thirty seats, where his friends are indifferently actors and spectators."

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    Haute Marne Journal:

    Castle life for Voltaire in Cirey-sur-Blaise, August 22, 2020

    “The castle of the Marquise du Châtelet is open until the end of August. A jewel to discover through an exciting guided tour”

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    La Poste issues a stamp bearing the image of Émilie du Châtelet, January 21, 2019

    Drawing is a graphic creation

    by Stéphane Humbert-Bass

    And.


    Television


    France 5:

    Program “The 100 places you have to see” dedicated to Champagne, August 23, 2020


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    Television Power:

    Digital TV channel in Saint-Dizier, Bar-le-Duc and Vitry-le-François,

    July 11, 2020

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    France 2:

    Secret History Show - Unpublished issue dedicated to Voltaire, July 11, 2019

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    Telefilm: Divine Emilie directed by Arnaud Sélignac

    Partly filmed at the Château de Cirey, Divine Emilie is a film directed by Arnaud Sélignac.

    The screenplay is by Elisabeth Badinter and Chantal de Rudder.

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    Literature


    The correspondence of Emilie du Châtelet,

    Edited by Ulla Kölving and Andrew Brown, 2018


    With the collaboration of François Bessire, Olivier Courcelle, Pierre Crépel, Linda Gardiner, André Magnan, Gilles Plante, Anne-Lise Rey, Charlotte Simonin and Anne Soprani. Revision of texts and notes by André Magnan.

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    The Château de Cirey-sur-Blaise, Retreat of Voltaire and Emilie du Châtelet,

    Bernard Ducouret, June 2016


    Written by Bernard Ducouret (general heritage curator) and illustrated with photos by Patrice Thomas, the book traces the history of this castle whose architecture, decor, furniture and even the park have evolved over the course of the owners and of its prestigious guests.

    Voltaire in Cirey,

    Hubert Saget, December 2005



    "Cirey, where the most unexpected meeting of nature and culture took place: dear to lovers of great hunting, the name of Cirey is also dear to historians of literature and ideas."

    Voltaire and French society in the 18th century. Voltaire at the Château de Cirey (Ed 1867),

    Gustave Desnoiresterres, April 2013

    Cirey in intellectual life, The Reception of Newton in France

    Francis Gandt , 2001





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