night show - Lights and Polychromy on the Tympanum
program from April to october 13, 2024
Regular programming
21:00 : Presentation of the tympanum of the Last Judgment by a friar from the religious community of Conques (in French)
21:30 : Visit of the upper-gallery of the abbey-church (close to the Romanesque capitals and the contemporary glass windows by Pierre Soulages) - Access allowed from 12 years old ; fee 6€
22:15 : Polychromy of the Tympanum - By night, the progressive revealing of the colours offer a revisited reading of the 12th century tympanum and its 124 sculpted figures. Composing the Last Judgment and depicting the celestial Court, the angels, the elected, the condemned and other devils come to life.
Low Season:
From October 14 to 18: 21:00 Polychromy of the Tympanum
From October 19 to November 3: 21:00 Presentation of the tympanum ; 21:45 Polychromy of the tympanum
From November 4 to 5: 21:00 Polychromy of the tympanum