La Petite Mission

Built in the 18th century to house a small seminary ; today, its vast vaulted cellars are home to Dordonha and the Costi Museum.
Under the remarkable vaults of the cellar of the Small Mission, nearly 60 sculptures made from bronze and plaster are on display, created between 1929 and 1973 by Constantin Papachristopoulos (Athens 1906 - Paris 2004), known as Costi. This student of Bourdelle belonged to the figurative current in sculpture from the first half of the 20th century, artists who claimed their independence both from the Expressionism of Rodin and from the Modernists who revolutionized art at the beginning of the century. These
portraits full of sensitivity stand out against the warm stone of the cellars, as works that can be read as a tribute to the female body.