Maison Senghor

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, he became President of Senegal. Nevertheless, the couple made a habit of spending their summer vacations at the family home.

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. There, he develops the concept of Normandité, which he defines as ?a lucid lyricism? and calls himself ?a Norman among Normans?.

He died in Verson on December 20, 2001. In 2004, Mrs Senghor decided to bequeath her house to the town of Verson. The town was to preserve the house and its possessions for 25 years, and to open it to the public as it saw fit. His wife, Colette, died on November 18, 2019 at her home in Verson. She is buried in Dakar alongside her husband and son.

The town of Verson continues to promote the values dear to the poet-president: dialogue between cultures, the civilization of the Universal, the French-speaking world?