Visites de la Maison Senghor

The town of Verson, in collaboration with the Présence Senghor association, is offering visitors the chance to tour the home of Léopold Sédar Senghor. The illustrious man of letters, former President of the Republic of Senegal, lived here with his wife Colette.
This mansion at 150 rue du Général Leclerc dates back to the 19th century.
It belonged to Léopold Sédar Senghor?s wife, Colette Hubert, whom he married for the second time on October 18, 1956.
In 1960, Léopold Sédar Senghor became President of Senegal. Nevertheless, the couple made a habit of spending their summer vacations at the family home in Verson.
In 1980, Senghor left the presidency of Senegal and settled permanently in France.
On retirement, he divided his time between Paris and Verson. The calm of the Normandy countryside soon won him over, and he rarely left Verson, where he found inspiration and wrote many poems. In 1995, Léopold Sédar Senghor inaugurated the Espace Senghor.
Léopold Sedar Senghor died in Verson on December 20, 2001.
His wife, Colette, died on November 18, 2019 at her home in Verson. She is buried in Dakar alongside her husband and son.
Today, the town of Verson continues to promote the values cherished by the poet-president: the dialogue of cultures, the civilization of the Universal, the French-speaking world? notably in its cultural programming.
> From March 17 to April 12, Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturday afternoons.
Tours depart every 30 minutes: at 2 pm, 2:30 pm, 3 pm, 3:30 pm, 4 pm, 4:30 pm, no reservation required
(8 pers. max p/visit)

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