Le Puy-en-Velay, early 16th century, when a local architect opposes the Italian “Rinascita”
Le Puy-en-Velay, at the beginning of the 16th century… While in Italy the “Rinascita” is shaking up minds and revolutionising the world of the arts, in France we are still only at the first stirrings of what will later be called the Renaissance…
Gratien Vidal, a renowned architect in the town of Le Puy, is among those who defend traditional construction: the straight, the rigorous! Just as he is about to leave on the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, he learns that the Bishop is considering calling on an Italian architect in his absence!
He will do everything he can to protect the local architecture from the follies of these so-called moderns!!