ISHR 2017 will take place at the Château des Aygues (see map below), Étretat, France.
Étretat is a small town (1500 inhabitants) in the Seine-Maritime department in Normandie region in north-western France. It is a tourist and farming town situated about 32 km (20 mi) northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D 940, D 11 and D 139 roads. It is on the coast of the Pays de Caux area. Étretat is best known for its cliffs, including three natural arches and the pointed “needle”. These cliffs and the associated resort beach attracted artists including Eugène Boudin, Gustave Courbet and Claude Monet, and were featured prominently in the 1909 Arsène Lupin/Lupin the Third novel The Hollow Needle by Maurice Leblanc. Two of the three famous arches are seen from the town, the Porte d’Aval, and the Porte d’Amont. The Manneporte is the third and the biggest one, and cannot be seen from the town.
Situated on the heights of Étretat, the Château des Aygues with turrets of brick and stone was built in the 1860s by the architect Havre Théodore Huchon Amédée Boyer, wealthy industrialist. This sumptuous holiday home received famous guests such as Offenbach and Alexandre Dumas. Then property of Prince Lubomirski, it became the seaside residence of the Queens of Spain Marie-Christine of Bourbon Sicily and Isabella II.
Trasportation from Étretat will be provided for the partecipants. The bus will start at Place du Général de Gaulle in the city center and will run to the conference site at the following schedule:
Place du Général de Gaulle – Château des Aygues
8.30 – 9.00 – 9.30 – 12.00 – 12.30 – 15.45 – 16.15 – 16.45 – 17.15 – 17.45 – 18.15 – 18.45
Château des Aygues – Place du Général de Gaulle
8.45 – 9.15 – 9.45 -12.15 – 12.45 – 15.30 – 16.00 – 16.30 – 17.00 – 17.30 – 18.00 – 18.30 – 19.00