Jean Giono Center

Numerous events are organized there throughout the year aimed at promoting the life and work of Jean Giono to a wide audience: exhibitions, literary walks, readings-performances, activities and support for educational projects as well as guided tours of the writer's house.

The Raffin Hotel:
This Provençal mansion dating from the Revolution was the first built outside the walls of the historic center. A remarkable residence for its Provençal floor tiles, 18th-century woodwork, and beautiful decorated ceilings, it houses the Jean Giono Center, which aims to introduce the writer and his work through exhibitions, his house, his gardens, and his country.

An exhibition, "Jean Giono, the paths of the work":
A staged tour punctuated by projections, interviews, film extracts, photographs, letters and references to objects that belonged to the author, in French and English.

A garden of writing and reading:
A remarkable walled garden with its rose bushes, scents of jasmine and honeysuckle, it offers a unique green setting in the heart of Manosque. Here you'll find a reading and writing retreat that will extend your visit to the exhibitions at the Hôtel Raffin.

The shop :
A shop area is open to the public. Visitors will find exhibition catalogs, Jean Giono's works, some of them postcards, stationery, posters, and publications from the Friends of Jean Giono and Friends of Lucien Jacques associations.