Journées du Patrimoine 2024: free discovery for young people at Cyclop in Milly-la-Forêt (91)

For the Journées du Patrimoine (Heritage Days), we're taking a stroll through the capital and Ile-de-France departments on the weekend of September 21 and 22, 2024, to discover incredible museums, churches, institutions rarely open or hidden and surprising spots, through guided tours or animations often free of charge. We're heading for Essonne, with its beautiful rivers and rural landscapes, but also its curiosities, especially in Milly-la-Forêt!

Hidden in the woods is Le Cyclop, a monumental sculpture designed by Jean Tinguely and Nikki de Saint Phalle in the 1960s. A true homage to Greek mythology, this fascinating creation is over 22 meters high, and depicts a jolly-faced Cyclops, with a wheel as its only eye. Made of metal and concrete, it features numerous mechanisms and machines in motion, for a captivating visual and sound spectacle.

A fine testimony to the work of these two artists, who were a couple at the time, which combines kinetic art, sculpture and architecture. The work includes an air duct from the Centre Pompidou and a huge tongue-toboggan that falls into a small water-filled basin.

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The 2024 Heritage Days program

• Guided tours of Jean Tinguely's Cyclop
  September 21 and 22
  

  To mark the European Heritage Days, Association Le Cyclop is inviting young people aged 8 to 18 to discover the work free of charge during guided tours organized over the weekend.