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Set in the house where he was born, in the heart of the old town of Rivesaltes, Marshal Joffre's birthplace-museum welcomes you to its 200m2 and 3 levels.
On the ground floor, in what was his father's cooperage workshop, his career and life are described.
The family flat on the 1st floor has been reconstructed: the bedroom where he was born, with its alcove, the kitchen, the study furnished with authentic items that were in Paris and on which he wrote his memoirs, presents gifts from the Catalans in Barcelona, notably the album "Catalunya a Joffre" and personal objects such as his academician's tricorne and his jacket, as well as bronzes and paintings. The second floor, a former hayloft, is devoted to the Battle of the Marne.
Listed as a historic monument, the museum, the birthplace of Marshal Joffre, was awarded the Maison des Illustres label in 2011.
The museum can be visited by groups out of season.
