\u2018Corto Maltese, un monde en aventures\u2019, from 27th April until 9th November 2025 – Saline Royale<\/a>, Arc et Senans<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\nAt the Saline Royale in Bourgogne, Hugo Pratt\u2019s art meets the history of a place symbolism of trade and travel: the exhibition \u2018Corto Maltese, un monde en aventures\u2019 it’s coming.<\/h1>\nThree exhibition rooms explore Hugo Pratt\u2019s creative universe, and among the original plates, watercolours and reproductions on display, the adventures of Corto Maltese are ideally intertwined with the history of the Saline, a crossroads where the routes of the sea meet those of the land.<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\nCORTO MALTESE AT THE SALINE ROYALE<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nIn 1771, commissioned by Louis XV, Claude Nicolas Ledoux designed the Saline Royale<\/strong><\/a>, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, to organise the production of white gold, a vital resource and symbol of trade and wealth (ironically, it was precisely the tax on salt that was to be one of the fuses of the French Revolution, which was to break out shortly afterwards).<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\nConceived as an ideal industrial community, where function and form complement each other, this place now welcomes another form of travel: that imagined by Hugo Pratt. The rational geometry of the Saline contrasts with the unpredictability of the routes of Corto Maltese, who crosses seas and continents without ever following a set path.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n\n\nTHE EXHIBITION ROUTE<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\nThe \u2018Corto Maltese, un monde en aventures\u2019 exhibition at the Saline Royal invites visitors to discover the world of Corto Maltese through a thematic itinerary in three exhibition rooms: the first is dedicated to Hugo Pratt\u2019s\u00a0biography<\/strong>\u00a0and the genesis of the most famous pirate in the world of comics; the second celebrates the role of\u00a0women<\/strong>\u00a0in Corto\u2019s adventures; the third leads to\u00a0imaginary horizons<\/strong>, after a passage through the depths of Mu. And to conclude the view, Thierry Thomas\u2019 biographical film \u201cTrait pour trait\u201d, inspired by the book that won the 2020 Goncourt Prize for biography.<\/p>\nThe exhibition benefits from loans from the ethnological collections of the Mus\u00e9e des Confluences, as well as original plates, watercolours and drawings lent by private collectors.<\/p>\n
Curators:
\nPatrizia Zanotti, CONG SA
\nMichel Pierre
\nIsabelle Sall\u00e9, Saline royale<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n\nA magnificent place then, for another reality and dream journey of drawn literature. On the other hand, it all started with a story entitled \u2018A Ballad of the Salty Sea\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>\nEn 2025, c\u2019est un monde d\u2019aventures, celles de Corto Maltese, le h\u00e9ros \u00e0 la ligne de chance trac\u00e9e d\u2019un coup de rasoir, celui qui va de l\u2019\u00eele du Moine au continent M\u016b, des d\u00e9serts glac\u00e9s de Sib\u00e9rie aux p\u00e2turages helv\u00e9tiques, accompagn\u00e9 du rythme lancinant des derviches tourneurs, ou du chant myst\u00e9rieux d\u2019une harpe celtique, de la v\u00e9n\u00e9neuse Venexiana \u00e0 la douce Pandora qui presque le tua. Chaque fois que l\u2019on ouvre un album de Corto le temps se dilate et le vol silencieux des mouettes dans le ciel du pacifique, sous le regard de Corto, a un go\u00fbt d\u2019\u00e9ternit\u00e9.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/span><\/blockquote><\/span>Hubert Tassy<\/strong>, <\/span>Directeur ge\u0301ne\u0301ral Saline Royale <\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![\"Corto](\"https:\/\/cortomaltese.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/Affiche-Exposition-Corto-Maltese-2-300x424.jpg\" "\\"Affiche")
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>EPCC Saline Royale<\/span><\/strong>
\nGrande rue, 25610 Arc et Senans<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\nNEARBY TOWNS: Besan\u00e7on (35km), Dole (30km)<\/span><\/h5>\nTICKETS (the exhibition ticket includes a visit to the Saline Royale)<\/span>
\n\u2013 1 April to 31 October: adults \u20ac15,00<\/strong><\/span>
\n\u2013 1 November to 9 November: adulti \u20ac13.00<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\nNovember to March :\u00a010am \u2013 5pm<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\nApril, May, June, September and October :\u00a09am \u2013 6pm<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\nJuly and August :\u00a09am \u2013 7pm<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span>Some of the artworks on display at the Saline Royal for the exhibition dedicated to Corto Maltese \u2018Un monde ed aventures\u2019<\/h3><\/h1><\/span>
Three exhibition rooms explore Hugo Pratt\u2019s creative universe, and among the original plates, watercolours and reproductions on display, the adventures of Corto Maltese are ideally intertwined with the history of the Saline, a crossroads where the routes of the sea meet those of the land.<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\nCORTO MALTESE AT THE SALINE ROYALE<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nIn 1771, commissioned by Louis XV, Claude Nicolas Ledoux designed the Saline Royale<\/strong><\/a>, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, to organise the production of white gold, a vital resource and symbol of trade and wealth (ironically, it was precisely the tax on salt that was to be one of the fuses of the French Revolution, which was to break out shortly afterwards).<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\nConceived as an ideal industrial community, where function and form complement each other, this place now welcomes another form of travel: that imagined by Hugo Pratt. The rational geometry of the Saline contrasts with the unpredictability of the routes of Corto Maltese, who crosses seas and continents without ever following a set path.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n\n\nTHE EXHIBITION ROUTE<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\nThe \u2018Corto Maltese, un monde en aventures\u2019 exhibition at the Saline Royal invites visitors to discover the world of Corto Maltese through a thematic itinerary in three exhibition rooms: the first is dedicated to Hugo Pratt\u2019s\u00a0biography<\/strong>\u00a0and the genesis of the most famous pirate in the world of comics; the second celebrates the role of\u00a0women<\/strong>\u00a0in Corto\u2019s adventures; the third leads to\u00a0imaginary horizons<\/strong>, after a passage through the depths of Mu. And to conclude the view, Thierry Thomas\u2019 biographical film \u201cTrait pour trait\u201d, inspired by the book that won the 2020 Goncourt Prize for biography.<\/p>\nThe exhibition benefits from loans from the ethnological collections of the Mus\u00e9e des Confluences, as well as original plates, watercolours and drawings lent by private collectors.<\/p>\n
Curators:
\nPatrizia Zanotti, CONG SA
\nMichel Pierre
\nIsabelle Sall\u00e9, Saline royale<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n\nA magnificent place then, for another reality and dream journey of drawn literature. On the other hand, it all started with a story entitled \u2018A Ballad of the Salty Sea\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>\nEn 2025, c\u2019est un monde d\u2019aventures, celles de Corto Maltese, le h\u00e9ros \u00e0 la ligne de chance trac\u00e9e d\u2019un coup de rasoir, celui qui va de l\u2019\u00eele du Moine au continent M\u016b, des d\u00e9serts glac\u00e9s de Sib\u00e9rie aux p\u00e2turages helv\u00e9tiques, accompagn\u00e9 du rythme lancinant des derviches tourneurs, ou du chant myst\u00e9rieux d\u2019une harpe celtique, de la v\u00e9n\u00e9neuse Venexiana \u00e0 la douce Pandora qui presque le tua. Chaque fois que l\u2019on ouvre un album de Corto le temps se dilate et le vol silencieux des mouettes dans le ciel du pacifique, sous le regard de Corto, a un go\u00fbt d\u2019\u00e9ternit\u00e9.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/span><\/blockquote><\/span>Hubert Tassy<\/strong>, <\/span>Directeur ge\u0301ne\u0301ral Saline Royale <\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>EPCC Saline Royale<\/span><\/strong>
\nGrande rue, 25610 Arc et Senans<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\nNEARBY TOWNS: Besan\u00e7on (35km), Dole (30km)<\/span><\/h5>\nTICKETS (the exhibition ticket includes a visit to the Saline Royale)<\/span>
\n\u2013 1 April to 31 October: adults \u20ac15,00<\/strong><\/span>
\n\u2013 1 November to 9 November: adulti \u20ac13.00<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\nNovember to March :\u00a010am \u2013 5pm<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\nApril, May, June, September and October :\u00a09am \u2013 6pm<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\nJuly and August :\u00a09am \u2013 7pm<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span>Some of the artworks on display at the Saline Royal for the exhibition dedicated to Corto Maltese \u2018Un monde ed aventures\u2019<\/h3><\/h1><\/span>
CORTO MALTESE AT THE SALINE ROYALE<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nIn 1771, commissioned by Louis XV, Claude Nicolas Ledoux designed the Saline Royale<\/strong><\/a>, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, to organise the production of white gold, a vital resource and symbol of trade and wealth (ironically, it was precisely the tax on salt that was to be one of the fuses of the French Revolution, which was to break out shortly afterwards).<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\nConceived as an ideal industrial community, where function and form complement each other, this place now welcomes another form of travel: that imagined by Hugo Pratt. The rational geometry of the Saline contrasts with the unpredictability of the routes of Corto Maltese, who crosses seas and continents without ever following a set path.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n\n\nTHE EXHIBITION ROUTE<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\nThe \u2018Corto Maltese, un monde en aventures\u2019 exhibition at the Saline Royal invites visitors to discover the world of Corto Maltese through a thematic itinerary in three exhibition rooms: the first is dedicated to Hugo Pratt\u2019s\u00a0biography<\/strong>\u00a0and the genesis of the most famous pirate in the world of comics; the second celebrates the role of\u00a0women<\/strong>\u00a0in Corto\u2019s adventures; the third leads to\u00a0imaginary horizons<\/strong>, after a passage through the depths of Mu. And to conclude the view, Thierry Thomas\u2019 biographical film \u201cTrait pour trait\u201d, inspired by the book that won the 2020 Goncourt Prize for biography.<\/p>\nThe exhibition benefits from loans from the ethnological collections of the Mus\u00e9e des Confluences, as well as original plates, watercolours and drawings lent by private collectors.<\/p>\n
Curators:
\nPatrizia Zanotti, CONG SA
\nMichel Pierre
\nIsabelle Sall\u00e9, Saline royale<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n\nA magnificent place then, for another reality and dream journey of drawn literature. On the other hand, it all started with a story entitled \u2018A Ballad of the Salty Sea\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>\nEn 2025, c\u2019est un monde d\u2019aventures, celles de Corto Maltese, le h\u00e9ros \u00e0 la ligne de chance trac\u00e9e d\u2019un coup de rasoir, celui qui va de l\u2019\u00eele du Moine au continent M\u016b, des d\u00e9serts glac\u00e9s de Sib\u00e9rie aux p\u00e2turages helv\u00e9tiques, accompagn\u00e9 du rythme lancinant des derviches tourneurs, ou du chant myst\u00e9rieux d\u2019une harpe celtique, de la v\u00e9n\u00e9neuse Venexiana \u00e0 la douce Pandora qui presque le tua. Chaque fois que l\u2019on ouvre un album de Corto le temps se dilate et le vol silencieux des mouettes dans le ciel du pacifique, sous le regard de Corto, a un go\u00fbt d\u2019\u00e9ternit\u00e9.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/span><\/blockquote><\/span>Hubert Tassy<\/strong>, <\/span>Directeur ge\u0301ne\u0301ral Saline Royale <\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>EPCC Saline Royale<\/span><\/strong>
\nGrande rue, 25610 Arc et Senans<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\nNEARBY TOWNS: Besan\u00e7on (35km), Dole (30km)<\/span><\/h5>\nTICKETS (the exhibition ticket includes a visit to the Saline Royale)<\/span>
\n\u2013 1 April to 31 October: adults \u20ac15,00<\/strong><\/span>
\n\u2013 1 November to 9 November: adulti \u20ac13.00<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\nNovember to March :\u00a010am \u2013 5pm<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\nApril, May, June, September and October :\u00a09am \u2013 6pm<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\nJuly and August :\u00a09am \u2013 7pm<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span>Some of the artworks on display at the Saline Royal for the exhibition dedicated to Corto Maltese \u2018Un monde ed aventures\u2019<\/h3><\/h1><\/span>
Conceived as an ideal industrial community, where function and form complement each other, this place now welcomes another form of travel: that imagined by Hugo Pratt. The rational geometry of the Saline contrasts with the unpredictability of the routes of Corto Maltese, who crosses seas and continents without ever following a set path.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
The \u2018Corto Maltese, un monde en aventures\u2019 exhibition at the Saline Royal invites visitors to discover the world of Corto Maltese through a thematic itinerary in three exhibition rooms: the first is dedicated to Hugo Pratt\u2019s\u00a0biography<\/strong>\u00a0and the genesis of the most famous pirate in the world of comics; the second celebrates the role of\u00a0women<\/strong>\u00a0in Corto\u2019s adventures; the third leads to\u00a0imaginary horizons<\/strong>, after a passage through the depths of Mu. And to conclude the view, Thierry Thomas\u2019 biographical film \u201cTrait pour trait\u201d, inspired by the book that won the 2020 Goncourt Prize for biography.<\/p>\n The exhibition benefits from loans from the ethnological collections of the Mus\u00e9e des Confluences, as well as original plates, watercolours and drawings lent by private collectors.<\/p>\n Curators: A magnificent place then, for another reality and dream journey of drawn literature. On the other hand, it all started with a story entitled \u2018A Ballad of the Salty Sea\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div> En 2025, c\u2019est un monde d\u2019aventures, celles de Corto Maltese, le h\u00e9ros \u00e0 la ligne de chance trac\u00e9e d\u2019un coup de rasoir, celui qui va de l\u2019\u00eele du Moine au continent M\u016b, des d\u00e9serts glac\u00e9s de Sib\u00e9rie aux p\u00e2turages helv\u00e9tiques, accompagn\u00e9 du rythme lancinant des derviches tourneurs, ou du chant myst\u00e9rieux d\u2019une harpe celtique, de la v\u00e9n\u00e9neuse Venexiana \u00e0 la douce Pandora qui presque le tua. Chaque fois que l\u2019on ouvre un album de Corto le temps se dilate et le vol silencieux des mouettes dans le ciel du pacifique, sous le regard de Corto, a un go\u00fbt d\u2019\u00e9ternit\u00e9.<\/p>\n
\nPatrizia Zanotti, CONG SA
\nMichel Pierre
\nIsabelle Sall\u00e9, Saline royale<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>EPCC Saline Royale<\/span><\/strong>
\nGrande rue, 25610 Arc et Senans<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\nNEARBY TOWNS: Besan\u00e7on (35km), Dole (30km)<\/span><\/h5>\n
TICKETS (the exhibition ticket includes a visit to the Saline Royale)<\/span>
\n\u2013 1 April to 31 October: adults \u20ac15,00<\/strong><\/span>
\n\u2013 1 November to 9 November: adulti \u20ac13.00<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\nNovember to March :\u00a010am \u2013 5pm<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n
April, May, June, September and October :\u00a09am \u2013 6pm<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n
July and August :\u00a09am \u2013 7pm<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n
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Some of the artworks on display at the Saline Royal for the exhibition dedicated to Corto Maltese \u2018Un monde ed aventures\u2019<\/h3><\/h1><\/span>
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