For the second episode of our podcast on “La Monnaie de main en main”, we offer you an immersion in sound immersion in the art workshops of the Monnaie de Paris and its know-how spanning more than ten centuries. Created on June 25, 864 by the Edict of Pîtres of King Charles the Bald (823-877), it is the oldest French institution and the Monnaie de Paris is said to be the oldest company in the world still in existence. activity. Engraving, drawing… It is Yves Sampo, master engraver at the Monnaie de Paris, responsible for the engraving workshop, who serves as our guide. Art, crafts, industry intersect in this place of precision. Also with the testimony of Mélanie Le Moing, designer. An unprecedented immersion in the workshops of this 1,158-year-old institution.
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Editorial direction: Joël Morio / “Le Monde Argent”. Report: Martine Abat. Production and mix: François-Charles Domergue. Production: Thomas Baumgartner / wave.audio. Partnership: Anne Le Calvé, Sonia Jouneau.
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