Social networks of the Centre des Monuments Nationaux

Social networks of the Centre des Monuments Nationaux

A one-hundred-year-old establishment, heir of the Caisse nationale des monuments historiques et préhistoriques created in 1914, the Centre des Monuments Nationaux is a public institution under the Ministry of Culture and Communication.

THE INSTITUTION'S MISSIONS

Conserve, restore and maintain the monuments and collections under its responsibility by conducting operations aimed at preventing their degradation and extending their length of life, under the scientific and technical supervision of the departments of the Ministry of culture and communication. 

Open to visitors and run nearly 100 national monuments belonging to the State and distributed throughout whole country: the abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel, the Château d'Angers and the Château d'Azay-le-Rideau, the castle and ramparts of Carcassonne, the Arc de Triomphe and the Sainte-Chapelle, to but name a few. 

Promote the participation of national monuments in cultural life and the development of tourism with nearly 400 events a year, in consultation with the regional cultural departments, local authorities and cultural institution networks.