Saint-Loup-de-Varennes – Photo Gallery

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The path linking the Gras estate to the village of St.-Loup, on the same road in 1818 practiced riding the “velocipede “he had just built. “One must look strange on such a mount“ his brother wrote him…

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Big pigeon house in St.-Loup. Niépce’s brother was the village mayor. He also was the God-father of the new bells cast in 1816.

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Big pigeon house in St.-Loup. Niépce’s brother was the village mayor. He also was the God-father of the new bells cast in 1816.

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These are the remnants of St.-Loup medieval castle, the Niepces administered the estate until the Revolution. It was the property of Louvois’widow, then it went to the Uzes family and at last to the Duke of Rohan-Chabot.The owners never lived in it, the Niepces were de-facto its masters.

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Bell tower in St.-Loup. Niepce’s brother was the village mayor. He also was the God-father of the new bells cast in 1816.

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View of St.-Loup, from a window of the “Chambres claires “ dormitory-shelter (where the students of Maison Niepce stay).

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Niepce’s grave in St.-Loup-de-Varennes cemetery. One can read : “Here rests Mr.Joseph-Nicephore Niepce,a model of all virtues, a father to the poors, the man whose profound genius gave to sciences some beautiful and important discoveries. Far too modest,his life went quietly in the bosom of his family from which he was removed july 5th 1833 aged 68 years.“.

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Nicephore Niepce’s house, view of the back. (public access side)